Abner Doubledeal

Abner Doubledeal is a businessman who generally invests his money in sporting ventures. Doubledeal is first seen as the owner of the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, about a year later he had sold the league and bought the New New York Mets blernsball team. His method of recruiting for both was similar, observing potential competitors in their natural environments; Bender was recruited as a fighter after being spotted in a movie theatre and Leela joined the Mets after pitching for the Planet Express team in the park.

Trivia

 * The name is a reference to Abner Doubleday, a soldier who supposedly founded baseball.

Quotes

 * Doubledeal: Son, I'm the commissioner of Ultimate Robot Fighting. I'm a connoisseur of jerks like you who pick fights in movie theatres and you're the biggest I've ever seen. Bender: You should see me at funerals.
 * Doubledeal: Kid, that was great! You got us more publicity than a cowboy in a shark tank. Poor Tex, he was quite a shark.