Sport is a field full of exciting events and interesting championships. However, people take part in sports elsewhere. And that means strange events to be! Today about the strangest lawsuits! For example, recently it was reported that Manchester United Football Club had accused the creators of the computer game Football Manager of trademark violation. Let’s find out about other things too!
Tiger costume trial
One of the strangest lawsuits ever was a lawsuit against the PGA by a fan of the famous Tiger Woods. During the game, the fan was dressed in a bright tiger costume, so one player wanted him to be removed from the course. According to Angel Cabrera, who actually wanted the fan to be removed, “The suit was too bright and distracting.” Offended Jason Goodwin sued the entire club.
Tigana transfers trial
Al Fayed blew off steam in the best tradition. He not only fired manager Tigana but also sued him. The expressive Egyptian suspected that the manager had cheated, deliberately overpaying in due time to sign certain contracts. But the Fulham owner failed to prove anything in court that spring; he lost £ 3m.
Branca sued money for his injury
Don’t want to be sued? Are you a football club? Then no injury in your club! In 1999, Marco Branca suffered a knee injury, after which doctors confirmed that he couldn’t return to football. After this, the Middlesbrough club, of course, canceled the contract with the footballer, but soon received a “surprise.” Marco sued the club for £ 500,000 and won the case and returned to play a couple of months later!
The offended fat fan case
Chicago Bulls quarterback Derrick Rose suffered a severe knee ligament rupture in the first round of the playoffs. Accordingly, the guy couldn’t play for a long time, and it took a long time to recover. Of course, at such moments, you expect the support of loved ones and, of course, fans. However, Matthew Thompson, one of the fans, even sued Derrick! The man argued this by saying that Rose’s decision to postpone his return made his grief, and he got obese! (You don’t think the fool won the case, do you?)
Djibril Cisse headshot claim
During the game, Djibril Cisse made a poor shot as a result of which it charged the fan in the head, and he fainted. Then the offending fan filed a lawsuit against the Sunderland club.
Claiming compensation for a boring fight
Do you know that if the fight is suddenly boring, the fans will sue you? So we didn’t know either. It turns out after a rather “boring” fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao; some guys demanded compensation for watching such a boring fight!
Career ending injury case
Serious injury is, of course, a cause for a lawsuit. However, if no one is to blame for the injury? American football player Paul Elliott, who played for the Chelsea club, has sued the Liverpool player. During the game, Paul suffered an injury that ended his career and sued Dean Saunders but lost the case.
Businessman sues for selling player
A man who paid £ 12,000 for an exclusive box sued the club. And this is logical because the man spent that kind of money only after the main shareholder of the club convinced him that the best player would not be sold (of course he was sold!).
Clone court
In general, this is one of the stupidest claims. A guy who looked like Michael Jordan filed a lawsuit against Michael himself because passers-by and strangers got him confusing him with a basketball star!
