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Related: About this forum$100 billion lawsuit filed over Dez Bryant ‘catch’
South Texas man wants to prohibit NFL from ever using the word catch again.
Olivarez has filed an amended petition for review with the Texas Education Agency on behalf of himself, the Cowboys, Bryant, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and ESPN personality Skip Bayless naming as defendants the NFL, the leagues vice president of officiating Dean Blandino, the NFL commissioner and the Donna school district (which serves portions of Alamo).
The suit seeks $100 billion in favor of the plaintiffs. You read that right -- billion, with a b.
Among the points in the suit:
▪ The Texas Education Commissioner has jurisdiction to hear this entire case as well as jurisdiction to hear this case involving this Petition to redefine the word catch, ban the NFL from ever using it again on television for the reason that it is causing confusion in the Texas public school system, and is interfering with the Texas education system. This section then goes into a long explanation of why it was a catch.
(snip)
Olivarez isnt the only Cowboys fans so upset that hes suing over the catch/non-catch: WFAA/Channel 8 reported Jan. 22 on a Colorado prison inmate who is suing the NFL for $88 billion over the reversed call. Thats a bargain compared with Olivarezs $100 billion.
all at: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/article10608167.html
Olivarez has filed an amended petition for review with the Texas Education Agency on behalf of himself, the Cowboys, Bryant, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and ESPN personality Skip Bayless naming as defendants the NFL, the leagues vice president of officiating Dean Blandino, the NFL commissioner and the Donna school district (which serves portions of Alamo).
The suit seeks $100 billion in favor of the plaintiffs. You read that right -- billion, with a b.
Among the points in the suit:
▪ The Texas Education Commissioner has jurisdiction to hear this entire case as well as jurisdiction to hear this case involving this Petition to redefine the word catch, ban the NFL from ever using it again on television for the reason that it is causing confusion in the Texas public school system, and is interfering with the Texas education system. This section then goes into a long explanation of why it was a catch.
(snip)
Olivarez isnt the only Cowboys fans so upset that hes suing over the catch/non-catch: WFAA/Channel 8 reported Jan. 22 on a Colorado prison inmate who is suing the NFL for $88 billion over the reversed call. Thats a bargain compared with Olivarezs $100 billion.
all at: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/article10608167.html
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$100 billion lawsuit filed over Dez Bryant ‘catch’ (Original Post)
El Supremo
Feb 2015
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The Texas Education Commissioner allows creationism to be taught in public schools,
hughee99
Feb 2015
#4
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)1. Mad? Is that you?
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. I've got your hundred billion right here
kydo
(2,679 posts)3. Speaking about frivolous lawsuits ....
just saying ...
hughee99
(16,113 posts)4. The Texas Education Commissioner allows creationism to be taught in public schools,
but he's going to draw the line at using the word "catch" because THAT's what's causing confusion in the Texas schools system?