Celebrity Apprentice For the Cabinet

Within the span of a week, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series and Donald Trump was elected President.  The world as we knew it is most definitely over.

It's going to take a while for the image of President Trump to sink in, but seeing as he's going to have the job for at least four years, I'm sure it eventually will (I'm putting it at sometime in mid-2019).  For a little while at least, I'm still gonna see Donald Trump as the guy who sued the NFL and the guy from The Apprentice first.

But seeing as he's going to become President in two months, he's going to have a Cabinet to fill (New Jersey, you should be happy, because he's gonna take Chris Christie off your hands).  And since President-Elect Trump will still be known for his reality show even after he moves into the White House, I think it would be fun if they had a special season of The Celebrity Apprentice (which I'm sure NBC will cancel after the bound-to-suck Arnold Schwarzenegger season) to fill one of those Cabinet positions.  For lack of a better term, we'll call it the Minister of Sport.

Fortunately, there's been plenty of seasons of The Celebrity Apprentice, so filling out our list of candidates for Minister of Sport should be pretty easy.  The Apprentice usually has a cast of 14, so here are the seven male and seven female athletes (all of whom have or will appear on the show) up for the position.  Thirteen will hear him say, "You're fired!," while the 14th will be the Minister of Sport:

Women

Natalie Gulbis: She was on the season won by the late, great Joan Rivers.  Gulbis made it like halfway before she got fired on a task that involved selling Ivanka's jewelry line.

Summer Sanders: In what might've been the best season of The Celebrity Apprentice (and my favorite one), she was one of the stronger competitors (and she played for "Right to Play," which is a great charity).  President Trump liked her, but Summer got fired a few episodes before Bret Michaels won the show.

Jamie Anderson: Things didn't go great for Jamie Anderson on the most recent season of The Celebrity Apprentice (which, believe it or not, aired in January 2015).  She got fired pretty early, which made me sad.  I'm giving her a second chance to work for the President.

Shawn Johnson: Shawn Johnson did much better on Dancing with the Stars than she did on The Celebrity Apprentice.  Jamie Anderson's partner in crime, she didn't last much longer than her buddy.

Angela Ruggeiro: Yes, I'm cheating a little here.  Ruggeiro appeared on a non-celebrity version of The Apprentice when they had a gimmicky tie-in with the Torino Olympics.  I had to include her, though, because the Harvard-educated Ruggeiro has moved pretty high up the ranks in the IOC, where she's the head of the Athletes' Commission.  If this were a real Cabinet position, she'd be the most qualified of these 14 candidates by far.

Laila Ali: You won't find Laila Ali on a list of The Celebrity Apprentice alumni.  That's because she hasn't been on the show yet.  She's on the upcoming Arnold Schwarzenegger season.  I just have a feeling she's going to do really well, though.

Jennie Finch: Throwing it all the way back to season one (technically season eight of the Apprentice franchise).  Her team wasn't very good, and she almost got fired a couple times before she finally did.  Then she started playing in the Celebrity Softball Game at the All-Star Game every year.

Men

Dennis Rodman: He wasn't very good at The Celebrity Apprentice, but he sure was entertaining, which is why President Trump brought him back for the the All-Star edition.  It would be the same thing here.  Entertainment value.  Although, since he's good buddies with Kim Jong-Un, he might actually have a good shot at being named the real Ambassador to North Korea.

Darryl Strawberry: Another one from the outstanding Bret Michaels season.  Darryl basically fired himself in the third episode.  He was really good on the task before that, though, when he wore a Mets jersey and posed for pictures during his team's event.

Terrell Owens: Last season (which, again, was two years ago!) was all about Geraldo, who was only good at the fundraising tasks, yet somehow made it all the way to the finale.  In one of those tasks, TO was on the losing team, and, since he raised the least money, he had to go.

Scott Hamilton: Obviously he's got much bigger things on his plate right now (we all certainly wish him the best as he battles cancer).  But he's another one who got cut early and you generally like, so you wouldn't mind seeing him get another chance, especially after everything he's been through.

Michael Johnson: I went back and forth on Michael Johnson.  He wasn't actually fired.  He just decided to up and leave Trump Tower in the middle of the show.  But since he wasn't technically fired, let's see how he'd do if he stayed the whole time.

Johnny Damon: If any of these other candidates were to give Angela Ruggeiro a run for her money, Johnny Damon would probably be the guy.  He was doing great until Ian Ziering basically got their entire team fired towards the end.

Tito Ortiz: Lennox Lewis was really the best male athlete on season one.  But since he's British, he's out and Tito Ortiz is in.  Tito, who I'll admit I'd never heard of before The Celebrity Apprentice, has had a pretty successful business career since his UFC days came to an end.