Re: Jets fan sues Pats, seeks $184 million

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Get a life you pathetic Piece Of *** Loser!


http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2007/09/28/jets_ticket_holder_sues_patriots_and_coach_belichick_seeks_184m/

Jets fan sues Pats, seeks $184 million
By Dennis Waszak Jr., AP Sports Writer | September 28, 2007

NEW YORK --A New York Jets season-ticket holder filed a class-action
lawsuit Friday against the New England Patriots and coach Bill Belichick
for "deceiving customers."

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J., by Carl Mayer
of Princeton Township, N.J., stems from the Patriots being caught
illegally videotaping signals from Jets coaches in New England's 38-14
season-opening win Sept. 9.

"They violated the integrity of the game," Mayer's attorney, Bruce Afran,
told The Associated Press. "This is a way of punishing Belichick and the
Patriots."

Mayer is seeking more than $184 million in damages for Jets ticket
holders.

Belichick was fined $500,000 by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, and the
team was fined $250,000 for violating a league rule that prohibits clubs
from using a video camera on the sidelines for any purpose -- including
recording signals relayed to opposing players on the field. New England
also must forfeit a first-round draft pick next year if it makes the
playoffs or a second- and third-rounder if it doesn't.

"They were deceiving customers," said the 48-year-old Mayer. "You can't
deceive customers."

The lawsuit maintained that because other teams found illegal videotaping
by the defendants, Jets ticket holders should be compensated for all
games played in Giants Stadium between the Jets and Patriots since
Belichick became head coach in 2000.

The two calculated that because customers paid $61.6 million to watch
eight "fraudulent" games, they're entitled to triple that amount -- or
$184.8 million -- in compensation under the federal Racketeer Influenced
and Corrupt Organization Act and the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.

"How many times have the Patriots done this? We find it hard to believe
they did it just once," Mayer said. "We just want to get to the truth of
the matter of what the Patriots did to the Jets. I think the ticket
holders are genuinely concerned about it. This is a type of
misrepresentation."

Patriots spokesman Stacey James declined to comment on the lawsuit.

Mayer and Afran, who consider themselves public interest lawyers, have
been thorns in the side of New Jersey politicians for years, filing
lawsuits and demanding investigations to advance their grievances. They
are well known in the state but generally have had little success in
their causes.

Both have lost bids for elected offices, and Mayer once served as a
presidential campaign adviser to Ralph Nader.

Their demand in March for a probe of Gov. Jon S. Corzine's gifts to a
former girlfriend was rejected by a federal prosecutor. In 2006, a judge
vetoed their effort to block Corzine's appointment of Rep. Robert
Menendez, D-N.J., to fill the governor's seat in the U.S. Senate.

They also failed to get a court to order a special election to replace
Gov. James E. McGreevey when he resigned in 2004.

Now, they're taking on the Patriots.

Their latest lawsuit asserted that the secret videotaping violated the
contractual "expectations and rights" of Jets ticket holders "to observe
an honest match played in compliance with all laws and regulations."

The actions of Belichick and the Patriots violated federal and state
racketeering laws, as well as the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and New
Jersey Deceptive Business Practices Act, according to the lawsuit.

"Having been a lifelong Jets fan, as soon as I heard this, I was
completely outraged," Mayer said. "The NFL just slapped them on the
wrist. I'm a consumer lawyer, and this is consumer fraud."

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It's really gonna suck to he a jets player, coach, or fan on 12/16.
They're gonna get their heads handed to them.

in the games vs. the Bills the Pats already up by 38-7 had a chance to get
another score and held back,


wanna bet the Pats won't hold back in that jets game!

10 ameros says they run it up big time
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