The plaintiff accuses the NFL of colluding towards Shedeur Sanders
John Doe added, “And to have all of the NFL house owners collude and never draft him, it was mentally irritating and debilitating.”
“For them to consider that they’ll simply do that and there’s no recourse, it has to cease.”
The lawsuit, filed on Could 2 and obtained by The Impartial, states that John Doe can be representing himself in courtroom. He’s an avid fan of the Colorado Buffaloes, whom Sanders performed for the previous two years and whose coach is his father, Deion “Prime Time” Sanders.
John Doe claims the NFL violated the Sherman Antitrust Act
Within the lawsuit, John Doe accused the NFL of collusion to keep away from drafting Sanders within the earlier rounds. He additionally mentioned the NFL violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, claiming crew house owners conspired “to affect the drafting course of… [and] to restrain commerce and restrict competitors inside the league.” The plaintiff additionally mentioned within the paperwork that the “choices made concerning Sanders could have been influenced by racial discrimination, violating his rights as a participant.”
Persevering with on, the plaintiff mentioned the NFL “could have engaged in unfair practices by misrepresenting the character of the drafting course of and the {qualifications} of gamers,” and that the league’s “actions and the dissemination of slanderous statements have induced extreme emotional misery and trauma to the plaintiff, leading to frustration, disappointment, and psychological hurt as a fan.”