case detail
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- 2008-10-10
- Fantasy Coach v Fantasy Couch
- Case Type:
- Ethics, Sports
- Status:
- Verdict Reached
- Terms:
- nine judges or 1 week, whichever comes first
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- Plaintiff:
- snash
- Plaintiff's Argument:
- My buddy and I decided to split ownership of a Fantasy Football team this year. The deal was that I make couching decisions and he pays (since he doesn't know much about football and I do). Anyway, we've lost two games in a row (due mostly to 2, count them, TWO, running back injuries on our team) and recently he's been making fun of me in front of other owners - our mutual friends - for not taking us to victory. He has to keep his mouth shut right? I mean we didn't say "no internal smack talk" in our verbal contract, but c'mon, that's implied, no? As part owner, doesn't he have to stick up for me through thick and thin?
See exhibit A. That's me in the helmet.
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- Defendant:
- Thebujew
- Defendant's Argument:
- The mere fact that you are suing me for “smack talk” confirms my suspicion you’re spending way too much time on couches (and chaise lounges) and it’s affecting your decision making skills (evidence A – Man on Chaise with attention on PDA with no clue there’s 2 HOT WOMEN in the vicinity).
Chalk it up to a Freudian slip, your responsibility to our team is to make COACHing, not COUCHing, decisions.
When you’re ‘free lancing’, there’s plenty of time between channel surfing ESPN highlights, Project Runway and Tim Gunn’s Guide To Style (or fiddling with your PDA) to focus on our team for 30 minutes. You’ve got 2 other teams in 2 other leagues, am I to assume we are the overlooked red-headed step child team since “I know nothing about the game”. You know I know that winning is the only thing, especially when we can talk smack about knowing nothing and winning everything!!!
And when you chose to confide with our “Mutual Friend” (aka Comissioner of the League) in front of me that you got wrapped up watching another Discovery Channel ‘how ants mate in the Gobi desert and flipped their houses’ special, he laughed at you (and me) commenting “no wonder it was so easy to ‘pick up’ the backup running backs to your injured ones”.
Do I need to remind you that those ‘pick ups’ became starting running backs and got our Mutual Friend an all time league high score?!?!?
Dude, we won week 1, with the PREVIOUS all time league high score!!! If you were doing your job, we’d be undefeated and ‘smack talking’ the whole league!!!
And if you expect me to stick up for you, and not smack talk you, wtf are you bringing it to the???!!!!
BTW, your sister and I want you to know if you’re coming to our place for Yom Kippur.
Judgment: for defendant
3 ruled for defendant
1 ruled for plaintiff
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