OT: lawyer suing Spurs for sending home players

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  1. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    God I hate lawyers...

    http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8847216/san-antonio-spurs-sued-lawyer-resting-top-players

     
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    I kind of see his point, although it seems like a bit of a stretch for a lawsuit.
     
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    What a turd.
     
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    If you buy a ticket to see the Spurs, you should get to watch the Spurs play.
     
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    ^They did get to watch the Spurs play. Problem?
     
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    I'd rather have the win yo
     
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    The inherent "entertainment value" aspect of this case bugs me, but even from that standpoint, the thing that they're missing is that if Pops was required to play all of his players, at all times, perhaps for the detriment of his own team, then that would cheapen the overall entertainment value of the NBA more than sitting them out for a single game.
     
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    The argument would be that healthy players need to be in the arena, not that they have to be given minutes.

    That this can be an effective strategy shows how stupid an 82 game season is. The NFL is the most popular sport around and they play 5% as many games. If NBA teams only played a few games a week all the players would play and fans would care (and pay) a heck of a lot more for each game.
     
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    I've never known anyone who was happy that they got to see Manu Ginobili sit in a suit on the sidelines. The "entertainment value" argument absolutely revolves around them playing. Nobody is entertained by Tim Duncan sitting on a bench.

    I've also got to disagree with your 82 game argument. You can't even start to compare NFL schedules to NBA schedules. The NFL can only have one game a week because of how ridiculously physically demanding the game is on their bodies. In the NBA, players can be out til 3 AM, show up to practice hungover, and have a great, entertaining game for the fans none the less.

    82 games are perfectly reasonable for the players, the fans, and the game in general.
     
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  12. Natebishop3

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    I am almost positive that the little writing on the back of your ticket will cover their ass on this.
     
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    Total bullshit. They bought tickets to see the Spurs play the Heat and that's exactly what they saw.
     
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  17. Natebishop3

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    Yup. And he can make a case because the league made such a huge stink about it.
     
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    You're crazy! It's all about the same situation, the game vs Miami that Pop benched his studs.
     
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    Restitution would be punitive damages that can be anywhere of up to 10 times the loss. If they paid $1,000 for the tickets; the damages would be $10,000 per restitution. How many are suing? If they have 100,000 worth of tickets; that's a $1,000,000 ding
     
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    Since you won't merge, I'll repost here what I posted there.

    This is ridiculous. The lawyer alleges that the fans suffered economic damages because they were charged a premium for the game. However, the Spurs aren't the ones who set the pricing, or even received the gate revenue, so it is ludicrous to suggest that they would be responsible for the damages.

    If they want to sue the league for allowing the premium pricing, then that's a different story. But since the Spurs don't actually do business in the state of Florida (in that they don't charge any consideration for any provision of goods and/or services), this state law should have no jurisdiction over them.
     
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