The American Football Association Football Association is suing for $ 100 million for “extreme emotional distress and shock” that he suffered from the former Corterbeck in Colorado Shidor Sanders He decreased unexpectedly to the fifth round of the draft last month.
In a lawsuit submitted on May 1 in the American boycott court of the northern region of Georgia, Bovalo Eric Jackson claimed that the US Football Association had violated the Sherman Anti -monopoly law and may violate the Civil Rights Law to discriminate in race, as well as consumer protection laws because of “the distortion of nature for the childhood process and the qualification of players.”
Jackson presented the case as John Du, but he revealed his identity by indicating that he was representing himself. He describes himself in the lawsuit as a “fans intended for Colorado Football”, who “closely followed Shidi Sanders throughout the seasons of 2023 and 2024.” He included a request to file a complaint at Forma Pauperis, which means that he is unable to pay the deposit fee.
Sanders, NFL Player Celebrity Hall and Colorado coach Sanders debtSome considered it a possible choice in the first round. instead of, It has been overlooked Until Cleveland Braones was ranked 144th in general, after they already chose another Corterbe. Delon GabrielIn the third round.
“The leaked reports and data indicate that Sanders” was not prepared “,” was not prepared “, and” was very arrogant “, which contributed to an unfairly harmful narration I heard and capabilities as a player.” “These virtual phrases reflect the biases that affected the decision -making process in the American Football Association, causing emotional distress and shock to the prosecutor as a fan and consumer.”
Jackson is also searching for “an official recognition of the US Football Association regarding emotional distress caused by their actions and data”, “retracted the space data made by Shidor Sanders, as well as adopting any damage that caused his reputation”, and “implementing the most fair practices in the formulation process to ensure the identification of talented players and give the given opportunities.”
The US Football Association did not immediately respond to the Times request for comment. When asked if the league had any reason to worry about the lawsuit, a law professor at the University of Southern California Claire Pasteur “No.” said.
She said that the American Football Association’s attorneys are likely to submit an application to reject the lawsuit for not maintaining the claim, and this is likely to be the end of the matter.
“This is ridiculous in many ways, but the biggest thing I think will immediately jump to the judge is the concept of standing,” said Basur, a former lawyer who includes the Civil Rights Law. “The supposed harm that a person suffers with a large number of other people is not something, that one person stands for competition … This is what the courts call generalized networks. The generalized grievance leads to a position in the Federal Court.”
“It is difficult for me to see how anything about Sanders can make a demand for discrimination in sweat. I think there may be discrimination in race in certain aspects of the American Football Association. You are looking around the ranks of training, classification of ownership, and it is not integrated significantly. But in terms of players, it is difficult to know how to provide the claim that there was no player in the field of discrimination in race.”
As for $ 100 million of Jackson’s damage, Pasteur called it “absurd”.
She said: “This is another side – it is not quantitative.” “Like, how much fans harm by a player who wants to see him does not play for their team, not playing for the team they want, and not playing at all? It is not just the things that are made of lawsuits.”
