Patriots fans sue NFL for Draft Picks

[mgteich]

a) Yes I do want the end to the league.
b) Yes I do want one group of owners (31 in this case) to not be able to engage in unfair labor practices against another (1 in this case).

IAMAL but I see no way the theft of a top draft pick (just because) isn't an unfair labor practice.

Thank you for being clear.

It is rare that someone calls themselves a fan of the patriots and yet wants to disband the team.

 

[BelichickFan]

Thank you for being clear.

It is rare that someone calls themselves a fan of the patriots and yet wants to disband the team.

I'm a Brady/Belichick fan at this point. I will be a hard core fan until they're gone then probably not bother. I have already stopped buying most NFL merchandise. Not missing draft prep at all.

Would love nothing more (won't happen) than for the NFL to fold, the owners to lose billions and a new, less corrupt, league to replace it.

 

[Ring 6]

Although I know it will go nowhere, I don't agree that it's frivolous, I won't use the right words but it's a group of owners (31 others) forcing a non competitive situation of their competitor. No different that one auto parts store being able to competitively hurt another auto parts store by, say, not allowing them to have a certain piece of machinery or whatever.

But legally it's the league giving a punishment for a violation it claims it is confident happened.
The league has that right so you can't sue over that. You would have to sue that the leagues opinion of what happened is wrong and I don't think fans have that right.

 

[BradyFTW!]

So, we want the monopoly of the NFL to be declared null and void (an end to the league) and we want courts to decide the fairness of rules of all sports leagues. Sounds like a plan, NOT!

It will never happen, but I would love to see the league get taken down altogether. At this point I couldn't care less about the NFL, and if its very existence ends up being collateral damage for the Brady/Patriots witch hunt, then as a lifelong football fan I'm fine with that.

 

[BelichickFan]

But legally it's the league giving a punishment for a violation it claims it is confident happened.
The league has that right so you can't sue over that. You would have to sue that the leagues opinion of what happened is wrong and I don't think fans have that right.

I'm not arguing that the lawsuit will work. Just that this is clearly an "unfair labor practice" and the owners deserve to be reamed over it. Fully understanding that it is what it is and it's not changing. I just don't think it's frivolous that one set of competitors can screw another one even if it has no chance legally.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

What would be great is if they could get an injunction against the NFL from holding the draft! They could surely show that if the draft was allowed to proceed before their case (which will get tossed on standing, as many before me has said) is adjudicated, the harm done would be irreparable.

maybe they get a die hard pats fan judge who lets the case go forward and issue the injunction, it would at the very least, cause the NFL to answer for itself and maybe think upon their sins.

 

[Ring 6]

I'm not arguing that the lawsuit will work. Just that this is clearly an "unfair labor practice" and the owners deserve to be reamed over it. Fully understanding that it is what it is and it's not changing. I just don't think it's frivolous that one set of competitors can screw another one even if it has no chance legally.

I understand your point, but I don't think it qualifies as unfair labor practice. (The picks, not Brady)
Who was treated unfairly? The Patriots players because they have less chance to win? I don't think anything in there employment agreement gives them a right to equal chance to win. Arguably the players on the Patriots actually have increased job security.
I mean its wrong on many levels but I don't think labor laws are being broken.
And remember, the league and players collectively bargained that something like this is supposed to be handled the way it was by who it was. Goodell is a moron, is true, but not grounds for lawsuit.

 

[varjao]

Next step this dude is going to start a crowdfunding to raise money for the cause.

 

[KDPPatsfan85]

Next step this dude is going to start a crowdfunding to raise money for the cause.

That already happened. He raised 500 for the filing fees, etc.

 

[BelichickFan]

I understand your point, but I don't think it qualifies as unfair labor practice. (The picks, not Brady)
Who was treated unfairly? The Patriots players because they have less chance to win? I don't think anything in there employment agreement gives them a right to equal chance to win. Arguably the players on the Patriots actually have increased job security.
I mean its wrong on many levels but I don't think labor laws are being broken.
And remember, the league and players collectively bargained that something like this is supposed to be handled the way it was by who it was. Goodell is a moron, is true, but not grounds for lawsuit.

You're absolutely correct that it was collectively bargained, etc, etc, and there's no case here.

However it my little world, "the other 31" are engaging in unfair labor practices against the New England Patriots. Now, I know they can't sue, etc, etc. but it would be nice if the big picture could be seen that the jealousy of 31 teams has resulted in the taking of valuable assets of a competitor.

 

[rochrist]

This is a really stupid lawsuit that will A) go nowhere, and B) just hold Pats fans in general up to ridicule in front of the rest of the nation.
Not a real good look.

 

[TB_Helmet]

This is a really stupid lawsuit that will A) go nowhere, and B) just hold Pats fans in general up to ridicule in front of the rest of the nation.
Not a real good look.

Yeah we look like idiots. A lawsuit could have been OK, but this wasn't well executed.

From Deadspin (and they generally agree with us that DeflateGate was BS):

In the suit, they accuse the NFL of a whole bunch of things:

Infliction of emotional distress. (One Plaintiff claims his seven-year-old daughter is so upset by the persecution of the Patriots that she now refuses to attend games with him.)

...

While the NFL’s handling of Ballghazi has been laughable, incompetent, and unfair, I am fairly sure that Patriots fans do not have standing here, and that you should read this suit and laugh at it and then come to the comments where I tell you what I found when I googled the lawyer who wrote it up.

So! The plaintiffs’ attorney, Seth T. Carey. You guys can help with this, but so far I found that he was suspended from practicing law for six month for what the Maine Supreme Judicial Court described as “a lack of fundamental skills, competencies, and preparation in trial work in general, and criminal defense in particular.”

He was later suspended another 60 days for hitting a puppy.

 

[AQPE]

 

[borg]

Instead of wasting resources filing a frivolous suit verses the NFL, the guy should set up a GoFundMe account with all donated money used to help locate Robert Kraft's spine

 

[BelichickFan]

This is a really stupid lawsuit that will A) go nowhere, and B) just hold Pats fans in general up to ridicule in front of the rest of the nation.
Not a real good look.

It's a better look than Kraft bent over, pants pulled, and smiling at Roger, Jerry and the gang.

 

[ReverendMaynard]

So, we want the monopoly of the NFL to be declared null and void (an end to the league) and we want courts to decide the fairness of rules of all sports leagues. Sounds like a plan, NOT!

I'm fine with that. Who wants a WWE football league, anyway?

 

[Koma]

Yeah we look like idiots. A lawsuit could have been OK, but this wasn't well executed.

From Deadspin (and they generally agree with us that DeflateGate was BS):

I was going to post something similar. This lawsuit isn't going to work, but it becomes a punchline when the attorney behind it has been disciplined recently for "competency concerns."

Those Jets fans who filed the failed spygate lawsuit were known for their frivolous lawsuits, but at least they weren't regarded as incompetent. The silver lining in that case was the NFL stated in court that Belichick's argument was correct; the camera memo was open to interpretation. There's no chance of anything like happening in this situation.

 

[TheFlyingWedge]

I want the draft picks too, but this is just stupid

 

[fnordcircle]

It's a better look than Kraft bent over, pants pulled, and smiling at Roger, Jerry and the gang.

No, it isn't. A stupid pointless lawsuit does nothing to help anyone unless you're the NFL who could use an easy win in a court case.

 

[KDPPatsfan85]

If anything, this will cost the NFL more time and money.