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Spurs Facing Lawsuit for Resting Stars Stuck

Posted on January 15, 2013 at 09:19 PM.

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Most fans could only dream of a refund for witnessing a poor performance -- one man took a literal stab at it.

Imagine a world where professional sports competitions featured your favorite team as the victor -- guaranteed or your money back.

Cleveland fans might salivate at the idea -- however mythical it seems -- but one man has taken it to the extreme. A lawyer has filed a lawsuit against the San Antonio Spurs for their decision to sit their star players in an early season visit to the Miami Heat on November 29th, as reported by ESPN.com.

Siting state "fair trade practice laws", the class-action suit addresses the NBA's dynamic pricing setup. Teams typically charge a higher premium for contests that feature big market teams and/or star players. Spurs coach Greg Popovich sat out multiple starters including Tony Parker and Tim Duncan in hopes of resting his players during a tough stretch of four games in five days. Fans forked over premium ticket money to see the marquee players but received only half the star power they paid for.

Ironically, the matchup actually played out very closely as the Heat narrowly pulled out a five-point win over the Spurs and their reserves. But for one man in a suit with money on his mind, the "game" wasn't why he went to see the game.

Sound Off: Which team's fans most deserve a "refund" for all their years of struggling and pain?

Justin Mikels is a staff writer for Operation Sports. Give him hell in the comments or on Twitter: @long_snapper

Comments

# 1 ajaxab @ Jan 16

This guy looks like he has been involved in some frivolous lawsuits before (http://www.browardbar.org/articles/93.html). Paragraph 5 implies that he was part of a lawsuit forcing a restaurant owner to move a toilet half an inch to comply with the Americans for Disabilities Act. There is nothing wrong with having anyone comply with ADA standards, but to take these issues to court and collect attorneys' fees speaks to the kind of person McGuiness appears to be. Looks like the stereotype of the American lawyer to me...