Saturday, February 16, 2008

A Fine Use of the American Judicial System



This Just In:

An item that certainly should be filed under 'Slightly Stupider Than the Stupidest Thing Ever', a lawsuit was filed by a former St. Louis Rams player who is ticked off that the Patriots allegedly videotaped Rams practices before the 2002 Super Bowl - that the Pats ended up winning 20-17.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A lawsuit filed Friday by a former St. Louis Rams player and others seeks millions of dollars in damages from the alleged taping of Rams practices by the New England Patriots before the 2002 Super Bowl.

The Patriots won the game 20-17 in the Superdome.

The $100 million suit, filed on behalf of former Rams player Willie Gary in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, names the Patriots, team owner Robert Kraft and head coach Bill Belichick.


I have a couple of thoughts about this:

  1. Someone's yanking my cannoli here, right? Right?! Lawsuits like this can't be allowed can they?
  2. Assuming that no one is actually yanking my cannoli, can you at least tell me this: Who the hell is Willie Gary? Maybe instead of suing the Patriots, he should sue his financial planner - for leaving the guy destitute enough to need to file this kind of lawsuit; or maybe he could sue his parents for not giving him enough talent in his genes to sustain a longer career as a professional athlete.'

Just food for thought.


---JohnnyU

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