Spurs being sued by fan at Heat game

[BadOne]

The state is butt hurt over blowing the Casey Anthony case perhaps. What an epic FAIL. I hope this lawyer becomes the laughing stock among his peers.

[Old School 44]

Lawyers...gotta love them. If anybody should be sued it should be the Heat and anybody who sells "premium" tickets. What does that mean? The Heat can't guarantee who plays for the opposition. If row 10, seat 20, cost $500 dollars at American Airlines Arena for the Spurs, then that should be the price for that seat for the Bobcats game and any other game. If the Heat charge a "premium $500 dollars for the Spurs, do I get to pay $5 dollars for the same seat when the crappy Bobcats are in town?

[Mel_13]

Lawyers...gotta love them. If anybody should be sued it should be the Heat and anybody who sells "premium" tickets. What does that mean? The Heat can't guarantee who plays for the opposition. If row 10, seat 20, cost $500 dollars at American Airlines Arena for the Spurs, then that should be the price for that seat for the Bobcats game and any other game. If the Heat charge a "premium $500 dollars for the Spurs, do I get to pay $5 dollars for the same seat when the crappy Bobcats are in town?

The article said that the lawyer bought his ticket on the resale market, so I'm not sure how he has a gripe personally with the premium pricing.

As to the practice of dynamic pricing, where the same seat is priced differently depending on expected and actual demand, it's become a fairly common practice. The Spurs do it for their home games. Tickets for the Lakers, Thunder, and Heat are priced higher than tickets for the Bucks, Kings, and Bobcats. Furthermore, the prices can go up or down as the day of the game approaches based on actual sales. To be clear, I'm not talking about secondary markets like Stubhub, I'm talking about buying the tickets directly from the Spurs. It's simply a business practice to maximize ticket revenue.

[Man In Black]

What cracks me up about this is that America's largest organization of sports journalists and fact-checkers totally missed the fact that this word, surrepticiously is incorrectly spelled,

http://dictionary.reference.com/brow...p iously?s=t

Losers...it's spelled surrep iously. Which means done in secret.

Hey 4 letter...learn how to spell you big market pansies.

[xellos88330]

If people like him weren't trying to take money from the Spurs then perhaps the Spurs could have more money to hire players that don't need rest during the season. Perhaps we should sue him and the lawyers for it. , sue the entire friggin NBA for marketing superstars and not the team thereby making San Antonio a less than desireable place to play basketball professionally.

[silverblk mystix]

That mystix just doesn't get it. He'll spin what you just said and make some other idiotic up.

I'd not waste my time with him if I were you.

Listen, you are upset that I re-buffed your advances via PM - so don't project your little fantasies here. Sorry - I don't swing that way - but nice try, creepy -though.

[silverblk mystix]

Mel_13 is a strawman. Where did I say the man had the "legal" right to sue for damages? The man has no more legal right to sue than the woman who sued Mcdonalds for $1 million dollars for spilling hot coffee on her leg, but alas, we live in a sue happy society. However, if a man feels robbed of cash and he wants to try to recoup some of his losses by hiring a lawyer, that's on him. But don't act like all regular season games are one in the same. It's a fact and understood league-wide that teams rest players at the end of the season when there is nothing left to play for, not so much in late November games and hours before tip-off of a nationally televised game. I can't believe this is your argument.

oh, and, and I love how you take a snipet of my post and take a stand. I'll say one last time before I end this, If heathy players can be rested at anytime, any game for any reason without league notification, then don't jack up the ticket prices when a contender comes to town.

You sound like someone who speaks before knowing the facts.

A lot of people throw out that case by the woman & mcdonalds and you don't know anything about the case.

[Reck]

Listen, you are upset that I re-buffed your advances via PM - so don't project your little fantasies here. Sorry - I don't swing that way - but nice try, creepy -though.

LOL wtf.

You're re ed and a got to boot. rofl

[Hoops Czar]

You sound like someone who speaks before knowing the facts.

A lot of people throw out that case by the woman & mcdonalds and you don't know anything about the case.

You sound like someone who doesn't know the facts at all. And while we're on the subject of 'pot meet kettle', I was actually refering to frivilous lawsuits such as the case against the Spurs. I don't know what you mean by a lot of people threw out the case, but it went to trial and she was originally rewarded 160,000 from a jury for compensatory damages and 2.7 million in punitive damages. The judge reduced the punitive damages to $480,00 after negotiations. In the end, she walked away with $640,000. Does that sound like a case that was thrown out of court? You're right about one thing, I buttered it up a bit. It wasn't her leg, but her 79 year old crotch that received third degree burns. Mcdonalds shouldn't have been liable for anything unless you're in the minority that likes to drink coffee cold. Cars have cupholders for a reason. You don't need to put a hot cup of coffee between your legs to remove the lid.

[Mel_13]

Mel_13 is a strawman. Where did I say the man had the "legal" right to sue for damages? The man has no more legal right to sue than the woman who sued Mcdonalds for $1 million dollars for spilling hot coffee on her leg, but alas, we live in a sue happy society. However, if a man feels robbed of cash and he wants to try to recoup some of his losses by hiring a lawyer, that's on him. But don't act like all regular season games are one in the same. It's a fact and understood league-wide that teams rest players at the end of the season when there is nothing left to play for, not so much in late November games and hours before tip-off of a nationally televised game. I can't believe this is your argument.

oh, and, and I love how you take a snipet of my post and take a stand. I'll say one last time before I end this, If heathy players can be rested at anytime, any game for any reason without league notification, then don't jack up the ticket prices when a contender comes to town.

You're still quite confused by what a strawman is, by what is at issue in this thread, and now you apparently are also confused by the bizarre reasoning you have attempted to apply here. As I suggested earlier, you can bump one of the restgate threads if want to beat that dead horse.

[Hoops Czar]

You're still quite confused by what a strawman is, by what is at issue in this thread, and now you apparently are also confused by the bizarre reasoning you have attempted to apply here. As I suggested earlier, you can bump one of the restgate threads if want to beat that dead horse.

I'm not the one confused. If I'm speaking too fast, I'll sloooooow it down for you. I was attacking your frivolous post about resting players in late April games as opposed to resting them in November which is complete poppy . Whether or not you care to believe it, this lawsuit falls right onto the shoulders of restgate. Had Pop played his starters, they're wouldn't have been a $250,000 fine levied against the Spurs and a frivolous class action lawsuit. The two actually go hand in hand. And I'll tell you what, I'm going to use my phsychic abilities to let you know that once again, playoff teams will rest players at the end of the season like they do every year prior to the playoffs and nothing will come of it. This way Mel, it won't come as a complete surprise to you. And you still haven't answered my original post. Find me a November or December game where a coach intentionally sat out his original starting five. This lawsuit exists because of INTENT.

[silverblk mystix]

You sound like someone who doesn't know the facts at all. And while we're on the subject of 'pot meet kettle', I was actually refering to frivilous lawsuits such as the case against the Spurs. I don't know what you mean by a lot of people threw out the case, but it went to trial and she was originally rewarded 160,000 from a jury for compensatory damages and 2.7 million in punitive damages. The judge reduced the punitive damages to $480,00 after negotiations. In the end, she walked away with $640,000. Does that sound like a case that was thrown out of court? You're right about one thing, I buttered it up a bit. It wasn't her leg, but her 79 year old crotch that received third degree burns. Mcdonalds shouldn't have been liable for anything unless you're in the minority that likes to drink coffee cold. Cars have cupholders for a reason. You don't need to put a hot cup of coffee between your legs to remove the lid.

Here is what you threw out;

The man has no more legal right to sue than the woman who sued Mcdonalds for $1 million dollars for spilling hot coffee on her leg, but alas, we live in a sue happy society.


Means you don't know what you are saying. The woman had every right to sue and she had a legitimate case - but you said basically the opposite.

And what's up with the personal attacks?

Stick to the facts if you have any or don't try if you need to resort to insults and attacks - it makes you look pretty desperate.

[Mel_13]

I'm not the one confused. If I'm speaking too fast, I'll sloooooow it down for you. I was attacking your frivolous post about resting players in late April games as opposed to resting them in November which is complete poppy . Whether or not you care to believe it, this lawsuit falls right onto the shoulders of restgate. Had Pop played his starters, they're wouldn't have been a $250,000 fine levied against the Spurs and a frivolous class action lawsuit. The two actually go hand in hand. And I'll tell you what, I'm going to use my phsychic abilities to let you know that once again, playoff teams will rest players at the end of the season like they do every year prior to the playoffs and nothing will come of it. This way Mel, it won't come as a complete surprise to you. And you still haven't answered my original post. Find me a November or December game where a coach intentionally sat out his original starting five. This lawsuit exists because of INTENT.

I said what I wanted to say about restgate in November. Bump one of those threads if you would like to take issue with anything I said there. It is, however, good to see that you agree with my very first, and primary, point in this thread. That the case discussed in this thread is a frivolous lawsuit. Glad to have you on board.

[Seventyniner]

Mel_13 is a strawman.

That just made my day.

[carina_gino20]

This is the can of worms David Stern opened when he fined the Spurs for failing to take their talents to South Beach and doing a great "disservice to the fans."

[Hoops Czar]

Here is what you threw out;

The man has no more legal right to sue than the woman who sued Mcdonalds for $1 million dollars for spilling hot coffee on her leg, but alas, we live in a sue happy society.

Means you don't know what you are saying. The woman had every right to sue and she had a legitimate case - but you said basically the opposite.

And what's up with the personal attacks?

Stick to the facts if you have any or don't try if you need to resort to insults and attacks - it makes you look pretty desperate.

The lady spilled hot coffee on her crotch sitting in a parked car in the passenger seat. She had the coffee between her legs as she attempted remove the lid. Did she not realize the coffee would be hot? Cars have cupholders for a reason. The incicident should have never taken place had she used better judgement. This is the true definition of a frivolous lawsuit. I'm not sure what you mean by personal attacks. Though not my intention, my bad if you misinterpreted part of my post.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

a lot of bull

So, which side do you think will win this lawsuit?

[Russo21]

Hah that is so unbelievably ed. I'm gonna sue this guy for making me sad.

[Russo21]

You know i don't remember back in the day veteran's taking games off to rest.

Jordan played 82 games in his last years in 96, 97, 98 (not accounting his stupid wizards days)
Malone played 82, 81, 80, 81 games in his last 4 years (not accounting his ring chasing laker season)
Stockton played 82 games in each of his last 4 years

Is this resting thing a new fad or have teams star players been doing it for years and guys like that were just freaks of nature? I just can't recall stars of yesteryear taking games off to chill.

[silverblk mystix]

The lady spilled hot coffee on her crotch sitting in a parked car in the passenger seat. She had the coffee between her legs as she attempted remove the lid. Did she not realize the coffee would be hot? Cars have cupholders for a reason. The incicident should have never taken place had she used better judgement. This is the true definition of a frivolous lawsuit. I'm not sure what you mean by personal attacks. Though not my intention, my bad if you misinterpreted part of my post.

McDonalds had been cited numerous times for keeping their coffee over a certain temperature-way over a certain temperature. They refused to change it. They were repeatedly warned that -that temperature could cause severe 3rd degree burns -they refused to change.

McD's was also offered a smaller settlement option to keep from going to trial. They refused several offers.

The plaintiff spent several days in the hospital and was charged a ton of hospital charges and she suffered severe burns to her crotch area.

What is frivolous about all this?

[therealtruth]

You know i don't remember back in the day veteran's taking games off to rest.

Jordan played 82 games in his last years in 96, 97, 98 (not accounting his stupid wizards days)
Malone played 82, 81, 80, 81 games in his last 4 years (not accounting his ring chasing laker season)
Stockton played 82 games in each of his last 4 years

Is this resting thing a new fad or have teams star players been doing it for years and guys like that were just freaks of nature? I just can't recall stars of yesteryear taking games off to chill.

It's a something that Pop started because he believes it helps him win a championship.

[Mel_13]

It's a something that Pop started because he believes it helps him win a championship.

Pop invented resting veteran players? Ok.

[ambchang]

Actually fans. It's class action.

[ambchang]

Can season ticket holders sue after a star player is traded mid-season?

[ThaBigFundamental21]

How much money did he actually lose? The Spurs ought to cover his tickets and fuel costs and tell him to himself. Make him look bad lol. But let me guess, the pain of not watching the "boring Spurs" scarred him and his daughter and they are now suffering emotional damage and have to seek counseling?