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$100 billion lawsuit filed over Dez Bryant ‘catch’
South Texas man wants to prohibit NFL from ever using the word ‘catch’ again
By Robert Philpot
Dallas Cowboys fans know what “it was a catch” means — it refers to a reversed call in January’s NFC Playoff Game against the Green Bay Packers, in which Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant appeared to snag a potentially game-changing, fourth-down pass at the goal line, only to have officials overturn the call, to the bafflement of Bryant and, well, thousands of other people.
Games don’t turn on just one play, but this one came pretty close, as it all but eliminated any chance of a Cowboys comeback. A lot of fans were outraged. Guadalupe Olivarez of Alamo, a Rio Grande Valley town about an hour west of Brownsville, is doing something about it.
Olivarez has filed an amended petition for review with the Texas Education Agency on behalf of himself, the Cowboys, Bryant, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones — and ESPN personality Skip Bayless — naming as defendants the NFL, the league’s vice president of officiating Dean Blandino, the NFL commissioner and the Donna school district (which serves portions of Alamo).
The suit seeks $100 billion in favor of the plaintiffs. You read that right -- billion, with a b.
Among the points in the suit:
“The Texas Education Commissioner has jurisdiction to hear this entire case as well as jurisdiction to hear this case involving this Petition to redefine the word ‘catch,’ ban the NFL from ever using it again on television for the reason that it is causing confusion in the Texas public school system, and is interfering with the Texas education system.” This section then goes into a long explanation of why “it was a catch.”
“Petition to redefine the word ‘catch’ and ban the NFL from ever using it again on television for the reason that it is causing confusion and is interfering with the Texas education system, and monetary judgment as stated causing pain and anguish to the Plaintiffs. Everyone knows in the real world that’s obviously a catch.” Again, this was followed by a long explanation of why it was a catch, as well as how Bryant made the “football” move that officials said he didn’t make.
“The NFL harping on the ‘must maintain control’ part of it after going to the ground must think that a human being is capable of floating 29 feet in the air after catching a football at the peak of their jump.”
“Every fan out here should be focusing on trying to make sure this does not happen again to their team or receiver instead on focusing on that it happened to the Cowboys or if it was or wasn’t a catch. If we allow it to happen to just one team then the refs can do it to any and all teams.”
A Google search for Olivarez, who also goes by Roy Olivarez, turned up the whole suit posted on Michael Irvin’s Facebook page. That led us to Olivarez’s page, which is dominated by posts about the controversial call; Olivarez (who’s apparently no fan of Rick Perry, either) only had one post between Aug. 18 and Jan. 17, which was nearly a week after the Cowboys-Packers game, which led to several posts.
Olivarez isn’t the only Cowboys fans so upset that he’s suing over the catch/non-catch: WFAA/Channel 8 reported Jan. 22 on a Colorado prison inmate who is suing the NFL for $88 billion over the reversed call. That’s a bargain compared with Olivarez’s $100 billion.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/article10608167.html#storylink=cpy
South Texas man wants to prohibit NFL from ever using the word ‘catch’ again
By Robert Philpot
Dallas Cowboys fans know what “it was a catch” means — it refers to a reversed call in January’s NFC Playoff Game against the Green Bay Packers, in which Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant appeared to snag a potentially game-changing, fourth-down pass at the goal line, only to have officials overturn the call, to the bafflement of Bryant and, well, thousands of other people.
Games don’t turn on just one play, but this one came pretty close, as it all but eliminated any chance of a Cowboys comeback. A lot of fans were outraged. Guadalupe Olivarez of Alamo, a Rio Grande Valley town about an hour west of Brownsville, is doing something about it.
Olivarez has filed an amended petition for review with the Texas Education Agency on behalf of himself, the Cowboys, Bryant, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones — and ESPN personality Skip Bayless — naming as defendants the NFL, the league’s vice president of officiating Dean Blandino, the NFL commissioner and the Donna school district (which serves portions of Alamo).
The suit seeks $100 billion in favor of the plaintiffs. You read that right -- billion, with a b.
Among the points in the suit:
“The Texas Education Commissioner has jurisdiction to hear this entire case as well as jurisdiction to hear this case involving this Petition to redefine the word ‘catch,’ ban the NFL from ever using it again on television for the reason that it is causing confusion in the Texas public school system, and is interfering with the Texas education system.” This section then goes into a long explanation of why “it was a catch.” “Petition to redefine the word ‘catch’ and ban the NFL from ever using it again on television for the reason that it is causing confusion and is interfering with the Texas education system, and monetary judgment as stated causing pain and anguish to the Plaintiffs. Everyone knows in the real world that’s obviously a catch.” Again, this was followed by a long explanation of why it was a catch, as well as how Bryant made the “football” move that officials said he didn’t make. “The NFL harping on the ‘must maintain control’ part of it after going to the ground must think that a human being is capable of floating 29 feet in the air after catching a football at the peak of their jump.” “Every fan out here should be focusing on trying to make sure this does not happen again to their team or receiver instead on focusing on that it happened to the Cowboys or if it was or wasn’t a catch. If we allow it to happen to just one team then the refs can do it to any and all teams.”A Google search for Olivarez, who also goes by Roy Olivarez, turned up the whole suit posted on Michael Irvin’s Facebook page. That led us to Olivarez’s page, which is dominated by posts about the controversial call; Olivarez (who’s apparently no fan of Rick Perry, either) only had one post between Aug. 18 and Jan. 17, which was nearly a week after the Cowboys-Packers game, which led to several posts.
Olivarez isn’t the only Cowboys fans so upset that he’s suing over the catch/non-catch: WFAA/Channel 8 reported Jan. 22 on a Colorado prison inmate who is suing the NFL for $88 billion over the reversed call. That’s a bargain compared with Olivarez’s $100 billion.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/article10608167.html#storylink=cpy
