Saints fans sue

[Dawgpound_Hank]

They want the last 2 minutes of the game to be replayed...

"According to the New Orleans Advocate, Saints season ticket holders Tommy Badeaux and Candis Lambert hired a local personal injury lawyer to file a lawsuit against the NFL and Goodell on their behalf, and on behalf of the entire ?Who Dat Nation.? The suit claims that Saints fans suffered incredible damages from the missed call, including mental anguish, emotional trauma, loss of enjoyment of life, and more ? including a loss of faith in the NFL. Here?s a snippet of the damages section of the suit, via the Advocate:

?As a direct result of the said incident, plaintiffs herein have been left bereft and with no faith in the National Football league for fairness despite the league?s own rules to correct such errors, along with emotional anguish, monetary loss for ticket holders, who purchases tickets with the presumption of integrity and fairness.

'Who knew you could sue over losing faith in the NFL? Once people realize that, the NFL will be up to its neck in lawsuits.'

The suit doesn?t specify any recourse, financial or otherwise. But the Advocate reported that the suit did note rule 17, section 2, article 3 of the NFL rulebook, which gives Goodell the power to have a game or part of a game replayed due to ?extraordinary circumstances.? A blown call is far from extraordinary, but some Saints fans obviously believe this particular blown call is different than every other blown call that has ever happened in the history of the NFL."


https://sports.yahoo.com/saints-sea...rams-game-replayed-missed-call-194817640.html

 

[liftsiron]

I doubt that the suit will go anywhere, but IMO this was the worst non call that I've ever seen and it did cost the Saints a trip to the Superbowl.

 

[Roughrydr]

Bull shit! If this is for real I hope it's a judge with common sense deciding the case. This could ruin football forever.

 

[Roughrydr]

I should add that I was pulling for the Saints as they are in my Bucs division. Was it a crucial mistake? Hell yeah. Did it cost the Saints the game? Very likely. So I was upset and wanted to shake the red who missed the call like a little rag doll. But to sue?
I guess worst case scenario it could cause a rule change on challenges to include non called penalties or mistake calls. But then theres z hold on every play by somebody. I dont know about the ramifications. But I dont like it.