Announcing the Sports Idiot of the Year Recipient...

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Embrace the foolery this April Fool's day by celebrating some of the most laughable figures in sports. We've narrowed our list to three of the biggest buffoons, and you might be shocked by our pick for the winner.

3. The IOC Runaround

The IOC, the Olympic Committee that's supposed to keep things fair, pulled a real stunner. Ban the Russians, don't ban the Russians, or allow them to compete under a different name. Guess what option they chose?

A complete sham. The Russian Olympic team was technically banned, but winning the men's ice hockey tournament was easy as pie, especially when an athlete donned a shirt boasting, "I don't do doping." Of course, her blood test came back positive. Plus, who wouldn't clamor for OAR merchandise? After all, it was impossible to get any!

The IOC's questionable decision was dumb and foolish. If they were going to ban the Russians, they should have stuck to their guns. If they didn't, they should have just come clean and allowed the entire team to compete as Russians, without all the nonsense. Missed opportunities like these don't sit well with me.

2. Cognitive Dissidents Kiper and Polian

The NFL draft process can be a confusing maze, and these "experts" certainly aren't helping. They're causing a stir by praising a quarterback prospect with subpar stats and slamming another with stats that prove he's the real deal.

Mel Kiper couldn't get his story straight, flip-flopping on whether completion percentage matters. His indecision has left many scratching their heads. Bill Polian, on the other hand, suggested a prospect should play wide receiver in the NFL because he's too short to play quarterback – despite the fact that the prospect in question is over six feet tall!

These "analysts" better come up with a good reason for their objections to Lamar Jackson as a top pick, or they're going to catch flak for their contradictory opinions.

1. Bob McNair, The Squawkbox Hero

There are various ways to be a sports fool: make a disastrous decision, say something stupid, or take things way too far. Some falls into the category of mistakes, but Bob McNair's unique brand of foolery deserves its own category.

Bob McNair has a special place in my heart for walking up to a rake, stepping on it, and then telling everyone at an NFL media conference that he really should have stepped on it more, now that he thinks of it. Plus, this other time, because, why not?

It's impressive how Bob McNair has managed to make unforced errors despite never playing tennis. His only regret, apparently, is that he didn't wade into the Jerry Richardson investigation sooner, and has taken the firm position that Richardson's dismissal for sexual harassment was unfounded.

Welcoming controversy like a pro, McNair couldn't resist weighing in on the NFL anthem protests debate just as it was dying down. Remember the "inmates" comment? He remembers.

Bob McNair also tossed a cheque to Brandon Weeden. For this reason, more than anything else, Bob McNair is our undisputed Sports Fool champion of the year.

My favorite sports-related event this year has been the NFL draft analysis, with cognitively dissident analysts like Mel Kiper and Bill Polian providing hilarious commentary, such as praising a quarterback with subpar stats while dismissing another with stellar statistics.
In the realm of American football, the NFL, to be precise, the line between folly and expertise seems to blur, as illustrated by both Kiper and Polian who have left many bewildered with their contradictory opinions on prospective players like Lamar Jackson.
The Olympic Committee, or IOC, certainly knows how to stake its claim as a sports fool by oscillating between banning and accepting Russian athletes in the Olympic Games, a debacle that culminated in a players' shirt boasting, "I don't do doping," yet her blood test came back positive.
If you're looking for a new favorite line in a sports-related context, you can't go past Bob McNair's comment about stepping on a rake and wishing he'd done it more – a sentiment that encapsulates his unique brand of foolery in the sports world.
The bailiwick of sports analysis can lead some to make foolhardy stances, like Bob McNair, who questioned the investigation into Jerry Richardson's sexual harassment allegations and called the protesters participating in the NFL anthem debate "inmates."
Contrasting fortunes were demonstrated during the Olympic Winter Games when the Russian Olympic team, technically banned, won the men's ice hockey tournament with an athlete donning a shirt claiming 'I don't do doping,' despite later testing positive, and the resulting OAR merchandise shortage became the stuff of sports folklore.