Would you be happy getting half of what you’d been contractually promised? I sure wouldn’t. Your OP is disingenuous. He’s not suing over a jersey number, he’s suing over an unfulfilled, legally-binding contract.
Does it need to clog up an already burdened docket?
I wouldn’t be suprised if it was a “contract” written on a bar napkin or something not quite so formal. (Although, now I wonder if I read somewhere that a bar napkin actually is a legally binding document. Maybe it was an episode of Cheers. I digress.)
On the surface, though, a professional athlete making in the neighborhood of $400k a year suing for $20k for a jersey number he didn’t even use past training camp is pretty ridiculous. If this “contract” turns out to be anything more than a handshake deal (“hey, I’ll give you $100 and a case of beer…” kind of thing), then I’ll pick up the flag.
Yeah, that’s what it said word for word in the article I linked in the OP. With all due respect, though, Atty. Steren can call whatever he likes to a contract, and that does not necessarily make it legally binding. IANAL, but I’m willing to wager that what Portis and Ohalete signed was not the legally binding and enforceable document that Steren is making it out to be.
Is Portis a dick for welching? Sure. Is Ohalete a pansy for bringing this to district court? You betcha, and hence the thread.
I did a little bit of research (something I probably should have done in the first place, huh? ), and while IAstillNAL, it appears that Ohalete has an entirely valid case.
Hey, you’re not supposed to be so reasonable and admit defeat so quickly in the pit. You’re upposed to fight and curse and make specious arguments and stuff. Sheesh!