Best and Worst Sports Executives 2008

There is a whole other game that goes on behind the scenes in any sport. TIME has chosen some of the notable — and not so notable — sports executives and asks you to vote on who plays the game best

By Sean Gregory, Josh Tyrangiel, Adam Smith, Hannah Beech, Kristina Dell, Andrew Downie, Uki Goni, Jeff Israely, Tony Karon, Glen Levy, Catherine Mayer, Simon Robinson, Bill Saporito, and Yuri Zarakhovich

Liu Peng

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Age: 56
Title: China's sports minister; president of the Chinese Olympic Committee

PRO: : The biggest sporting show on earth is about to make its Beijing debut, and Liu will serve as the 2008 Olympic ringmaster.

CON: Tibet, Darfur and even the recent drug bust of a top swimmer hardly project the image of fair play that China desperately wants the world to see.

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