The 16 Most Infamously Dumb Decisions In The History Of Sports

9. The Oilers Trade Wayne Gretzky

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You know someone messed up when a move is referred to as “The Trade.” Gretzky and the Oilers won four Stanley Cups together before the team shipped him off to the Los Angeles Kings in August 1988. He’d never win another Stanley Cup, and the Oilers wouldn’t win more than half their games in a season until 2016-17.

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