DRAFT DRAMA
Colorado Buffaloes fan suing NFL for $100 million for ’emotional distress’ watching Shedeur Sanders fall down the draft
The lawsuit cites multiple factors for Sanders' slide being collusion
SHEDEUR Sanders suffered an absolutely brutal slide during the NFL Draft, but somehow it left someone more upset than him.
A Colorado Buffaloes fan was so upset by the NFL Draft slide that they filed a $100 million lawsuit against the league.
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The "dedicated fan of Colorado football" filed the lawsuit in federal court under the name John Doe.
In the lawsuit, he accuses the NFL of violating antitrust, civil rights, and consumer protection laws.
The lawsuit also claims intentional infliction of emotional distress and trauma.
Doe claims that he first became a fan of Sanders after a game against TCU in 2023, seeing his "exceptional talent and potential as a quarterback."
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However, the fan claims NFL owners colluded to tank Sanders in the draft after "leaked statements" of behavior "unjustly harmed his reputation."
The lawsuit also alleges that the draft slide "may have been influenced by racial discrimination."
The fan wants $100 million from the NFL and a formal acknowledgement of "emotional distress" from the league.
Also included is a request for a "retraction of the slanderous statements" about Sanders and an apology for "any harm caused to his reputation."
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The fan also seeks to prevent this from ever happening again with "fairer practices in the drafting process."
The suit is currently in front of a district court judge, who will likely toss it out due to its absurdity.
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However, fans are still getting a good laugh out of it and guessing who might have filed the lawsuit.
"Probably Deion," one fan said.
"Man Mel Kiper is taking this hard," another fan said.
"This is so Deion," a third fan said.
"Mel Kiper thinks we don't know it's him," a fourth fan said.
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"I hope the judge laughs this guy out of court and charges him some hefty fees for a frivolous lawsuit," a fifth fan said.
After being hyped up as a first-round draft pick, Sanders ultimately fell out of day one and two.
He was finally drafted with the 144th overall pick in the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns.
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In his last season at Colorado, Sanders passed for 4,134 yards with 37 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
He has a completion percentage of 74 percent and added four rushing touchdowns.