Judge sacks Pats fans in Deflategate suit

By adamg on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 7:25am

A federal judge on Friday rejected a request by several Patriots fans to order the NFL to give the team its first-round draft pick back this year.

US District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor didn't even wait for the NFL or Robert Kraft - also named in the suit - to respond to the original complaint. He said the suit was so unlikely to succeed he didn't want to waste the court's limited resources any further considering the requested temporary restraining order.

The fans charged the NFL interfered with their contractual relationships with the Patriots - one plaintiff is a season-ticket holder, another pays extra to watch the Pats from his home in Florida - by depriving the team of its ability to get a high-ranking draft pick this year.

Judges don't snort in rulings, but Saylor came close:

Among other deficiencies, plaintiffs are not likely to succeed in establishing that they have standing to assert the claims in the complaint; that they were parties to any relevant contract, express or implied; that the defendants owed them any relevant duty of care; or that there is any legally cognizable injury for which the law will provide relief.

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DENIED AGAIN!!!!!

By Orions on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 7:40am.

What a shocker

We will hear from them again

By anon on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 8:05am.

We will hear from them again as they will continue to try to sue for other bogus reasons.

Boston Sports Fans

By SoBo-Yuppie on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 5:33pm.

Dear Boston Sports Fans,

With all due respect...please get a life.

Go Broncos! Go Bruins...oh wait, they can't go anywhere they failed to make the playoffs in a league where it's easy to qualify for the post-season!! LOL.

ok

By Scumquistador on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 11:48pm.

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Oh well

By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 10:03am.

At least they got to air their grievances. Perhaps they will pump up their claims a bit better next round?

Airing of the grievances?

By tachometer on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 10:55am.

Couldn't they just wait until Festivus like the rest of us?

Took a lot of balls to file that suit

By Neil on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 6:32pm.

Obviously the court felt there were better cases to tackle.

Don't feed the trolls

By BostonDog on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 10:47am.

These guys didn't expect the case to go forward, they just want their name printed in every blog and newspaper. Ignore legal trolls like this and they'll go away.