Loco Lawsuits: Fan wants NY Jets and NY Giants renamed — and $6 billion
Lawsuit objects to teams playing home games in New Jersey
Each year brings bizarre lawsuits. And 2022 kicked off early.
On January 4, Abdiell Suero sued the NFL, the New York Giants, and the New York Jets on behalf of himself and the teams’ fans in the State of New York. Why? Both teams play their home games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (also a defendant).
The class-action lawsuit, filed in New York City, seeks damages for transportation costs, emotional distress, false advertising, deceptive trade practices, racketeering, and unjust enrichment. It aims to brand itself as seeking justness. The “Introduction” to the 19-page, 143-paragraph complaint says, “If the Yankees, Mets, Knicks, Liberty, Rangers, and other New York franchises must play in New York and pay premium real estate costs and taxes to be branded a ‘New York’ (‘NY’) sports franchise, it is only fair that the NFL Giants and Jets do the same or change their name to accurately reflect the location of their stadium[.]”
Suero and his lawyer contend that the massive growth in value of the two teams over the last 20 years is “largely due to their designation as New York (‘NY’) NFL teams.” However, the complaint alleges, first-time attendees…
