The NFL has been more than generous correcting a mistake, now you want to sue for $5 million? I can guarentee these ingrates don't even have a combined net worth of $5 million.
What does their net worth have to do with this?
I side with the fans. I'm sure they'll settle out of court with a nice, hefty prize.
I apologize for not using a hyphen in my subject line.
haha YO wrote:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=6104356The NFL has been more than generous correcting a mistake, now you want to sue for $5 million? I can guarentee these ingrates don't even have a combined net worth of $5 million.
They missed their team playing in the Super Bowl. They are entitled to and will receive compensation. 5 million. No, but they will get something substantial.
I would be livid if I bought tickets to the Super Bowl and then they wouldn't let me in.
But then, I take football pretty seriously. I can see how someone who doesn't care about football would think this a frivolous lawsuit.
Surprise! wrote:
They missed their team playing in the Super Bowl. They are entitled to and will receive compensation. 5 million. No, but they will get something substantial.
I would be livid if I bought tickets to the Super Bowl and then they wouldn't let me in.
But then, I take football pretty seriously. I can see how someone who doesn't care about football would think this a frivolous lawsuit.
Wahh, they got to go on the f***ing field after the game. That beats sitting in nose bleed seats in my book.
Wahh, they bought expensive tickets and maybe took time off and spent money on traveling and hotels and didn't even get to see the game
"Approximately 1,000 fans sued the NFL"
"The lawsuit seeks $5 million in actual damages for the plaintiffs"
Seems fairly reasonable, considering the tickets alone cost nearly $1k apiece. And I am guessing the average net worth of the plaintiffs is more than $5,000.
What the NFL is giving the fans that weren't let in:
The league initially said Monday those fans would get $2,400 -- three times the face value of the ticket -- and tickets to next season's Super Bowl. The fans also were allowed on the field after the game and given merchandise and food.
On Tuesday, the NFL added a second option: They can choose to attend any future Super Bowl instead of being limited to the 2012 game and receive round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations. If fans choose that option, they will not get the $2,400. They can wait until after the conference championship games each season to see whether their favorite team reaches the Super Bowl.
$5 million over 1,000 people is $5,000 per person. (Before paying the lawyers?)
Not unreasonable, considering 1.) their team may never make it to another SuperBowl, so who the hell wants to attend next year's Superbowl?; 2.) They likely incurred airfare, hotel, and other costs under the contract to be able to watch the game from their agreed-upon ticketed seats.
I'm not even a football fan, but a person's team making it to the Superbowl is a pretty big deal for those willing to travel to see it.
Zambroner wrote:
Wahh, they bought expensive tickets and maybe took time off and spent money on traveling and hotels and didn't even get to see the game
I remember hearing that they were able to be in special standing-room areas around teh stadium to watch the game and recieved triple the face value of their tickets in compensation. Along with going on the field and presumably some other small perks, I don't see this as grounds for recieiving $5million.
Yes, it sucks they lost their seats and the Cowboys/NFL didn't hold up their end of the contract, but there's no need to sue as if you were affected in a life changing way.
hahayo: their net worth assuredly exceeds $5 million. The super bowl is not a cheap game/experience.
It's also kind of funny that the NFL, etc sell how "priceless" it is to attend games/Superbowls, and have profitted handsomely off that marketing.
However, now that some people have bought into that marketing and are upset about missing this once-in-a-lifetime experience, they're greedy? haha.
I think you're right that they're "stupid ass fans", but more for being willing to shell out that kind of cash to attend in the first place. Not for wanting to be compensated after getting screwed.
Is like not being allowed to see Webb in the 2012 Olympic 1500m final, you get to watch the race on a jumbo-tron not live, and then he wins Gold! Of course you'd chase after Lord Seb Coe for some compensation, right (although he'd say, "what's the big deal I have two of those gaudy medals. Now if this was the 800m...")
How about if you were a Packer fan and you got screwed out of attending the game? I don't think you would be happy.
haha YO wrote:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=6104356The NFL has been more than generous correcting a mistake, now you want to sue for $5 million? I can guarentee these ingrates don't even have a combined net worth of $5 million.
$5 million is excessive, but I'm with the fans on this. Getting tickets and travel to Indianapolis to see who knows what teams is not a tradeoff for traveling all the way from Wisconsin to Texas to see...nothing. The NFL blew this one.
Wow There wrote:
$5 million is excessive...
$5 million for 1,000 plaintiffs = $5,000 per plaintiff. Still think that's excessive??
Using two question marks is excessive.
haha YO wrote:
Wahh, they got to go on the f***ing field after the game. That beats sitting in nose bleed seats in my book.
What is better in your book is irrelevant. Do you really think that this is how contract law should work? Do you think that one party should be able to unilaterally substitute a different product for the product that the buyer actually agreed to purchase if the other good is better "in your book?"
In my book, a Led Zeppelin reunion concert would beat the hell out of a football game, but I would expect people to be pissed if they showed up for the Super Bowl and Led Zeppelin played instead. The issue is not what is better in my book or your book. The issue is what was agreed upon and what was delivered.
8/10.
grammar hammer wrote:
Using two question marks is excessive.
It was a metaphor.