The Most Hilariously Inappropriate Songs You Could Taunt An Athlete With

The Iron Bowl features one of college football's greatest rivalries in Auburn-Alabama.  The game is so heated the other side would almost do anything to gain the upper hand.

In this year's match-up during pre-game, an Alabama employee working the P.A. system had a "brilliant" idea to get into the head of Auburn's best player: Cam Newton.

The NCAA has been investigating Newton and his father, a preacher, on pay-for-play allegations.

The person working the P.A. system added, "Take the Money and Run," and, "Son of a Preacher Man," to the usual warm up CD.  Alabama fired the worker.

Here are 25 other hilariously inappropriate songs you could taunt an athlete with:

25. Cortland Finnegan: Kung Fu Fighting (Carl Douglas)

The self proclaimed "dirtiest player in the league" took a hay-maker to the back of the head by Andre Johnson a few weeks ago.

Finnegan complained that the shots were cheap and that the fighting should've stopped when their helmets came off.  If he doesn't want to fight dirty anymore, maybe he should try kung fu.

24. James Harrison: Cry Me a River (Julie London)

For a 6'0", 240 pound man, Harrison sure does whine a lot.  Roger Goodell should have this song playing in the background the next time Harrison and he meet about a fine.

23. Brian Cushing: Liar (Three Dog Night)

Cushing continues to deny that he ever took performance enhancing drugs, even after he failed a drug test.  The test results weren't a surprise as rumors of steroid use have followed him around since his Trojan days.

He claimed he had no idea how extra hormones of hCG got into his system.

Cushing later insisted that "overworking" triggered the positive test: liar.

22. Ron Artest: Brass Monkey (Beastie Boys)

From drinking Hennessey during halftimes of Pacers games to bringing a bottle of Vodka to the post-game press conference following the Lakers game seven victory against the Celtics this year, Artest and alcohol have been close friends.

This drinking song may not even be worthy of a "taunt" as Artest is pretty open about how much he loves to drink.  He repeated, "I can't wait to go to the club," about a thousand times after game seven.

21. Shawne Merriman: Tequila (The Champs)

In September of 2009, Merriman was arrested after being charged with trying to make his girlfriend, reality TV star Tila Tequila's light's go out.

She said that he choked her, threw her to the floor, and wouldn't let her leave.

The Bills themselves might want to use this song in hopes Merriman would be enraged enough to reenact the incident on the opposing quarterback.

20. Paul Pierce: Gangster's Paradise (Coolio)

Pierce was fined 25,000 dollars for flashing gang signs in a Celtics game in 2008.  What was he thinking?

He must have been day dreaming about Gangster's Paradise.

19. DeShawn Stevenson: Blow The Whistle (Jay-Z)

During the epic Cavaliers-Wizards games a number of post-seasons ago, LeBron James and DeShawn Stevenson had their one little battle occurring on and off the court.

First, James made a comment which compared himself to Jay-Z and Stevenson to Soulja Boy.  Insulted, Soulja Boy showed up court side in D.C. and danced to taunt LeBron.

Jay-Z came to LeBron's rescue and wrote a diss about Stevenson and the Wizards: Blow the Whistle.

18. Santonio Holmes: Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)

Holmes admitted to he used to be a drug dealer and he was arrested for possession of marijuana in 2008.

You would think that tweeting, "Wake n bake," on his Twitter account could draw some red flags.

Uh, my twitter got hacked...my dog ate it.

17. Braylon Edwards: Blame It (Jamie Foxx)

Edwards was arrested in September for driving under the influence after being pulled over for excessive tinting on his windows.  His blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit.

He wasn't suspended by the NFL because it was his first offense.

16. LeBron James: Bullet For My Valentine (Your Betrayal)

How creepy on a scale of 1 to 10 would it have been if this was playing in Quicken Loans Arena as LeBron ran out onto the court December 2nd?  About one trillion.

Still, the song fits Cavaliers fans' feelings about LeBron almost flawlessly.

15. Ray Lewis: Homicide (Kid Frost)

Even though it was well over a decade ago, his haters continue to bring it up.  Of course, it is murder.

Despite being called innocent, much of the public will see any professional athlete as guilty no matter what the verdict because of the assumption that money served as their "get out of jail free card."

14. Gilbert Arenas: I Shot The Sheriff (Eric Clapton)

Arenas went all classic-western-duel-scene on Javaris Crittenton in the Wizards locker room fueled by one owing the other money.

Arenas later joked about it in the middle of a pre-game breakdown flashing imaginary pistols with his hands.  

It's pretty ironic that he's been known his whole career as a "sharp shooter."

13. Tank Johnson: Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)

Johnson's rap sheet: Possession of a handgun, aggravated assault, resisting arrest, violation to probation, and possessing unlicensed weapons.

During his 60 days in jail, he probably sang this song with his fellow inmates during rock breaking time.

12. Alex Rodriguez: Cheater (Michael Jackson)

Too bad there are no good songs about steroids.  "Cheater" works just as good though.

I have no idea why the Red Sox haven't snuck this track on for A-Rod's walk-up song.

11. Brett Favre: Photograph (Def Leppard)

Got a photograph, picture of...

So what's worse?

Brett Favre sexting Jenn Sterger, or Sterger sending the pictures to Deadspin who showed the pictures to thousands, dare I say millions, of people?

10. Albert Haynesworth: Gold Digger (Kanye West)

This is the perfect song for Redskins fans to insult Fat Albert with.

1) They call him greedy

2) They call him lazy

3) They call him a girl

Poor Albert...not.

9. Michael Vick: Who Let The Dogs Out (Baha Men)

Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Michael Vick fan, and I hate PETA with a passion, but still.

How funny would it be if, "Who Let the Dogs Out," was playing at FedEx Field as Vick ran onto the field?  I guarantee the idea has gone through Daniel Snyder's mind.

8. Plaxico Burress: Point Blank (Bruce Springsteen)

Poor, poor Plaxico.  How dumb do you have to be to shoot yourself point blank?

I guess about as dumb as you'd have to be to carry a gun into a club with no gun license.

7. Pacman Jones: Make It Rain (Fat Joe)

Considering this is a club banger, and Pacman made it rain in a strip club, there's more than a good chance this song was playing when he stole the show during the 2007 NBA All-Star Weekend.

6. Allen Iverson: The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)

A.I. has been banned from multiple casinos.  Good thing for him there's thousands of them.

A number of unnamed people in the NBA have said Iverson will, "gamble his life away," as Stephen A. Smith reported in March.

Most likely the only reason why he's playing basketball in Turkey right now: to pay off debts.

5. Tom Brady: Dude Looks Like a Lady (Aerosmith)

Brady already almost got into a fight with a six year old for making fun of his hair.

Just imagine Brady's reaction as he runs onto the field at the Super Bowl with, "Dude Looks like a Lady," blasting.  He'd run to the refs and ask for a flag, the question is, before or after he sheds a few tears?

Jerry, I'm looking at you.  

4. New England Patriots: I Spy (Pulp)

I'm not going to lie, the singer of, "I Spy," is almost as creepy as Bill Belichick.

This is reportedly what the Patriots listened to in the locker room to get pumped up before games from 2001-2004.

Rex Ryan: If you are reading this, you already know what song you're going to play during next year's home game against the Patriots.  

3. Antonio Cromartie: Who's Your Daddy (Toby Keith)

Nine kids, eight women, six states.

Goodell, just give the Jets sixteen home games.  At least try to keep them all in New York.

2. Tiger Woods: Before He Cheats (Carrie Underwood)

Right now, Elin is jamming to this song.

Anyone think that chorus sounds a little too familiar?

1. Ben Roethlisberger: Bed Intruder Song (AutoTune)

Warning: Don't listen to this too many times or it will get stuck in your head.

The YouTube sensation may be a perfect Big Ben theme song.  There's actually a remix of the song about him.

David Daniels is an NFL Featured Columnist and Writing Intern at Bleacher Report and a Syndicated Writer. Follow him at One Yard Short.com or on Twitter.