The competitive nature of sports can really get a person's blood boiling. When millions are on the line and the whole world is watching, the pressure can go to your head. Not to mention the ferocious personality type it must take to become a star athlete. All of these ingredients form a recipe for disaster. Sports personalities are some of the highest paid people in the world, so they have all the resources to get up to mischief
and sort of get away with it. These kinds of antics don't go down well with the public, and many athletes have well and truly burned their bridges with their fans.
Click through this gallery to discover the most hated athletes of all time.