Patriots fans sue NFL for Draft Picks

KDPPatsfan85 · Apr 5, 2016

Patriots fans sue to get draft pick back, cite ‘emotional distress’

Seth Cary, a Maine Attorney filed a lawsuit on behalf of Patriots fans to get our draft picks back. Lets see how far this goes!

Froob · Apr 5, 2016

Yeah...don't see that working. But, hey not my money go for it bro.

Sicilian · Apr 5, 2016

This is the kind of thing we laugh at Jets fans for doing.

YOUGOTMOSSED · Apr 5, 2016

KDPPatsfan85 said:
Patriots fans sue to get draft pick back, cite ‘emotional distress’

Seth Cary, a Maine Attorney filed a lawsuit on behalf of Patriots fans to get our draft picks back. Lets see how far this goes!

I seriously doubt that the court is going to find that the fans have standing to sue over this.

Kontradiction · Apr 5, 2016

Is this "Kraft F'd Us"? I see he finally Googled his plan of attack.

Kontradiction · Apr 5, 2016

YOUGOTMOSSED said:
I seriously doubt that the court is going to find that the fans have standing to sue over this.

Of course it isn't.

YOUGOTMOSSED · Apr 5, 2016

Sicilian said:
This is the kind of thing we laugh at Jets fans for doing.

At least the Patriots' fan complaint is meritorious, but sadly no standing.

Sicilian · Apr 5, 2016

YOUGOTMOSSED said:
At least the Patriots' fan complaint is meritorious, but sadly no standing.

It's still laughable, and even if there was a leg to stand on I hope they lose. I don't want the precedent set that the courts are going to start deciding how a sports league is run on such a granular level. Getting involved in a possible breach of labor law is one thing. This is frivolous and I want no association with it via my chosen fanbase.

KDPPatsfan85 · Apr 5, 2016

I don't see this going anywhere, but a part of me hopes this actually goes somewhere.

Ivan · Apr 5, 2016

Sicilian said:
This is the kind of thing we laugh at Jets fans for doing.

The Jets don't get sanctioned for even the most egregious violations of league rules.

ANGR89 · Apr 5, 2016

I don't see it going anywhere but still find it humorous that the NFL lawyers are going to have to waste any time on it. lol

Joey007 · Apr 5, 2016

Yeah sounds nice but no way in Hell is it very logical lol

A Defiant Goose · Apr 5, 2016

Sicilian said:
This is the kind of thing we laugh at Jets fans for doing.

Can't remember the last time Jets fans had to complain about the NFL wrongfully taking away the team's first round pick

KDPPatsfan85 · Apr 5, 2016

KontradictioN said:
Is this "Kraft F'd Us"? I see he finally Googled his plan of attack.

Actually it is "Kraft F'd Us"

YOUGOTMOSSED · Apr 5, 2016

KontradictioN said:
Of course it isn't.

Sicilian said:
It's still laughable, and even if there was a leg to stand on I hope they lose. I don't want the precedent set that the courts are going to start deciding how a sports league is run on such a granular level. Getting involved in a possible breach of labor law is one thing. This is frivolous and I want no association with it via my chosen fanbase.

What's worse is that when the case gets tossed, it's going to be ammunition for the haters.

"See! Even a court in New England says that the Pats are guilty."

BelichickFan · Apr 5, 2016

Sicilian said:
It's still laughable, and even if there was a leg to stand on I hope they lose. I don't want the precedent set that the courts are going to start deciding how a sports league is run on such a granular level. Getting involved in a possible breach of labor law is one thing. This is frivolous and I want no association with it via my chosen fanbase.

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.

mgteich · Apr 5, 2016

BelichickFan said:
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.

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!

Kontradiction · Apr 5, 2016

KDPPatsfan85 said:
Actually it is "Kraft F'd Us"

Then I'm supremely confident that this lawsuit is going to get tossed post haste.

Jlaff · Apr 5, 2016

Can the judge dismiss it, but still call Goodall a liar anyway please. The judge on appeal for Ray Rice didn't hold back...

BelichickFan · Apr 5, 2016

mgteich said:
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!

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.

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