Shaq, Odom sued over Power Balance bracelet endorsement

[duncan228]

Shaq, Odom sued over Power Balance bracelet endorsement (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/25/shaq-odom-sued-over-power-balance-bracelet-endorsement/)
Kurt Helin

Shaquille O’Neal and Lamar Odom both wear Power Balance bracelets during games. Maybe because they both believe in the product, but it turns out they are also both paid celebrity endorsers of said product.

Now they are being sued over it, part of a class action suit according to RadarOnline.com (http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/01/court-documents-shaquille-oneal-lamar-odom-targets-class-action-lawsuit) (via Lakers Nation (http://www.lakersnation.com/)).


Shaquille O’Neal and Lamar Odom endorse a bogus “performance technology” bracelet that wrongfully claims to “optimize the body’s natural energy flow,” according to a federal class action lawsuit filed against the pair….

But according to lead plaintiff Brian Casserly, the $79.95 bracelet is “nothing short of snake oil”. He is seeking statutory and punitive damages for consumer fraud, false advertising, unfair competition and unjust enrichment.

“Despite defendants’ representations that the hologram with enhance consumers’ ‘strength, balance and flexibility,’ it is biologically incapable of doing so,” the lawsuit states.

Keep Reading... (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/25/shaq-odom-sued-over-power-balance-bracelet-endorsement/)

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/25/shaq-odom-sued-over-power-balance-bracelet-endorsement/

[LnGrrrR]

Anyone who buys a bracelet expecting some magical energy flow deserves to be parted with their money.

[redzero]

I bought two of those rubber bands thinking I could double my chances of becoming a 7-foot, dominant center in the NBA one day.

Worst investment in my life. :depressed

[PGDynasty24]

Nobody buys those to be a better athlete. I bought two off of ebay just because they look cool. Stupid Fucks

[Trainwreck2100]

they were lik 10 at a gas station i went to

[greyforest]

george hill wears 2 of em

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c506253ef0147e11d2534970b-600wi

smh. the placebo effect is powerful though!

[HarlemHeat37]

Nobody buys those to be a better athlete. I bought two off of ebay just because they look cool. Stupid Fucks

Don't take this the wrong way, but it doesn't surprise me that you bought some..

[rayjayjohnson]

Anyone who buys a bracelet expecting some magical energy flow deserves to be parted with their money.

this

[rayjayjohnson]

Gary Neal should wear a power balance bracelet.




sorry, I meant electronic tracking bracelet.

[jestersmash]

Anyone who buys a bracelet expecting some magical energy flow deserves to be parted with their money.

84% (thankfully decreasing) of the United States population = gullible theists

This country is just filled with hoards of poorly educated, highly gullible individuals spreading and infecting others with their stupidity. If it's just their own money wasted, I don't have a problem.

Unfortunately, things are never so ideal. These uneducated plebes aren't content with wading in their own cesspool of stupidity. No, they have to bring others down with them. The more the merrier! http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/25/national/main5188393.shtml


I'd venture to guess that these are the same types of people who actively do harm to others by claiming that MMR vaccines cause autism, for example.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/20/parikh.childhood.immunizations/index.html?hpt=T2

I guess it shouldn't surprise me that a high school educated, college dropout playboy model like Jenny McCarthy should become the poster child for spreading pseudoscience that - by even conservative estimates - has killed hundreds of children whose parents were scared away from the MMR vaccine.

Point is, people buy voodoo items like this far more often than you might think. Homeopathy is a multi-billion dollar business. That's absolutely fucking insane.

[jestersmash]

Shaq, Odom sued over Power Balance bracelet endorsement (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/25/shaq-odom-sued-over-power-balance-bracelet-endorsement/)
Kurt Helin

Shaquille O’Neal and Lamar Odom both wear Power Balance bracelets during games. Maybe because they both believe in the product, but it turns out they are also both paid celebrity endorsers of said product.

Now they are being sued over it, part of a class action suit according to RadarOnline.com (http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/01/court-documents-shaquille-oneal-lamar-odom-targets-class-action-lawsuit) (via Lakers Nation (http://www.lakersnation.com/)).


Shaquille O’Neal and Lamar Odom endorse a bogus “performance technology” bracelet that wrongfully claims to “optimize the body’s natural energy flow,” according to a federal class action lawsuit filed against the pair….

But according to lead plaintiff Brian Casserly, the $79.95 bracelet is “nothing short of snake oil”. He is seeking statutory and punitive damages for consumer fraud, false advertising, unfair competition and unjust enrichment.

“Despite defendants’ representations that the hologram with enhance consumers’ ‘strength, balance and flexibility,’ it is biologically incapable of doing so,” the lawsuit states.

Keep Reading... (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/25/shaq-odom-sued-over-power-balance-bracelet-endorsement/)

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/25/shaq-odom-sued-over-power-balance-bracelet-endorsement/

And as for the topic at hand, I have much less respect for Shaq and Lamar Odom. Talk about being irresponsible sell outs. These men get paid millions of dollars to put a ball in a hoop. The least they could do is be a little bit more mindful.

Of course, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt here and merely assuming that they don't (rightfully) believe in this power balance bracelet nonsense and are only doing it for the money. I could be wrong, of course.

They're either irresponsible but intelligent and informed sellouts, or gullible casualties.

[DJ Mbenga]

they are basically colered livestrong bracelets

[jestersmash]

Here's a humorous 14 minute clip on homeopathy from a lecture James Randi gave a while back -

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He gives some pretty good perspective on the field. It's a quick, entertaining clip.

[DMX7]

Placebo effect probably does make some people feel better.

[LnGrrrR]

Point is, people buy voodoo items like this far more often than you might think. Homeopathy is a multi-billion dollar business. That's absolutely fucking insane.

Trust me, I know. My mom practices "reiki".

[boutons_deux]

There's some very sound silence supporting placebo.

A recent non-blind study (the placebo knew they took placebo) showed placebo still worked better than the drug.

BigPharma and medicine are much bigger $$$ business scams than $80 bracelets.

[sefant77]

Odom wears them to keep his balance during he fuck his whale...i meant wife

[hsxvvd]

Really? Is it any different to half the crap they say about the shoes players wear?

Is that "Air" bubble in a pair of nikes going to make me fly like Mike?

[ElNono]

Gary Neal should wear a power balance bracelet.
sorry, I meant electronic tracking bracelet.

Gary Neal has train power... no need for funky bracelets... :lol

oh, and he rapedPERIOD

[ElNono]

Really? Is it any different to half the crap they say about the shoes players wear?

Is that "Air" bubble in a pair of nikes going to make me fly like Mike?

It won't? :depressed

:lol

[TinTin]

Trust me, I know. My mom practices "reiki".

idk, my mom used to practice both reiki and accupressure. They both worked effectively depending on what it was being used for. Although accupressure was more effective than reiki

[Giuseppe]

^If it doesn't end with a hand release then forget it.

[Sigz]

I have one of those around my dick to make it more powerful.

[Giuseppe]

I tried one around mine (in the old days) but, the short hairs kept getting pinched.

[TheGreatest23]

Placebo effect probably works but went out the door once the owner called it bogus.

[Venti Quattro]

I have one of those around my dick to make it more powerful.

That's your rubber?