A Saints fan has sued the NFL and Roger Goodell for at least $5,000,000 for the dictatorial nature of the Commissionership, especially vis-a-vis Bounty-gate.
Here's the best punchline of the entire article:
"David Mancina filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell citing a claim that he and other season-ticket holders had the expectation that the league would help the Saints field “a contending team comprised of the finest athletes, and the best coaches.”"
When you're done laughing, I'll continue.
So he believes that the league has the expectation of the fans that they would help the team be competitive...
There's several problems with this:
- The most obvious one is Mayer v. Belichick, Patriots, and National Football League. We already have effectively established legal precedent that says the fans have no guarantee to ANYTHING in a sporting contest but a seat to watch it. Mancina could easily rail against the league, call for boycotts, etc. and so forth and so on. But he has no right to a fair contest, or anything else, by the virtue of being a season ticket holder -- except the seat he is sitting in.
- There's the obvious one here: If his legal contention is the case, expect another lawsuit in Cleveland/Buffalo/Tampa/Seahag/St. Louis any day now!
- And then there's the final one that only a conspiracy theorist like myself would come up with: Isn't this effectively exposing the business here? Aren't you basically implying, Mr. Mancina, that the league pre-determines all this, since it is the expectation of the fans that THE LEAGUE has anything to do with all this?
Really...
Good grief...
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