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

Sergey Kushchenko

Portrait of CSKA team president Sergey Kuschenko

Bob Martin / Sports Illustrated

Age: 47
Title: Chief, Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces; President, CSKA Basketball Club

PRO: Lifted CSKA to first-class status among world clubs and helped put Russia back on the map of great basketball countries.

CON: Has yet to overhaul CSKA's vast but obsolete and disintegrating training facilities — and make the club profitable.

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