Chargers could be eliminated from the playoffs by the courts

[BlazingBolt]

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Pennsylvania man seeks injunction, claiming San Diego Chargers shouldn't be in the playoffs

Philip Rivers and the Chargers are headed to the divisional round -- but a Pennsylvania man is trying to stop that. (Andy Lyons, Getty Images / January 5, 2014)

The Baltimore Sun
3:08 p.m. EST, January 8, 2014

The San Diego Chargers completed the biggest upset of the NFL's wild-card round, but one man in Pennsylvania is determined to challenge their viability in the playoffs.

Daniel L. Spuck of Mercer, Pa., has filed a motion against the NFL to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania for "a temporary emergency injunction" on the basis that the Chargers should not have been in the postseason because of a missed call in the Week 17 game between San Diego and Kansas City. The filing came before the first round of the playoffs.

Officials in that game failed to call an illegal alignment formation on the Chargers that would have allowed Kansas City kicker Ryan Succop a re-kick of a 41-yard field goal he missed with eight seconds remaining. Had he made the kick, San Diego's loss would have sent the Pittsburgh Steelers to the postseason as the final wild-card team.

Instead, San Diego won in overtime and then beat the favored Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. The Chargers face the AFC's top-seeded Denver Broncos this Sunday.

In the filing, Spuck suggested some possible remedies for the missed call. The NFL could suspend the playoffs for a week to 10 days, allow Succop to re-kick the field goal, or let the Steelers play the Chargers at a neutral site to determine who plays on.

Online court records, which show that the suit was filed via inmate mail from the Pennsylvania corrections department, say the plaintiff has not submitted a filing fee or requested a waiver.

(the actual document is shown in the actual story if you click the link)

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

We would so beat the Steelers at any site right now! They started there offseason already!!!

[ArtistFormerlyKnownAsBKR]

Perhaps someone should file an emergency injunction against the Chargers for that give-up play calling before halftime last week on the grounds that it was a crime against humanity.

[captaind]

Did he write that with a crayon?

[captaind]

"In overtime the NFL officials took away a touchdown by Kansas City Chiefs on a new rule inserted in regard to helmet coming off prior to player being down. The new rule is improper and unconstitutional, due to problems with enacting clause amendments recognized in Pennsylvania and other states. The defendants improperly inserted the rule, which was not founded on their NFL forefathers and should not take away the touchdown thus sending the Pittsburgh Steelers to the playoffs instead of the San Diego Chargers (NFL Playoffs)."

:lmao:

[ArtistFormerlyKnownAsBKR]

Seriously.

[blueman]

Kinda comforting knowing dude is in prison.

[Panama]

Wasn't this posted in another thread?

Don't some states have laws against frivolous lawsuits?

[KNSD]

I was thinking of the bad "roughing the center" call the first game of the year. Let's get an injunction against the NFL for that bad call.

[MakoShark]

O-M-G!! Only in America!!

:lol::rofl::goofylol:

:umno:

[Screeme]

This just in.. Seattle inmate suing the Steelers to relinquish one of their Lombardi Trophies

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[BoltBalls]

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Pennsylvania man seeks injunction, claiming San Diego Chargers shouldn't be in the playoffs

Philip Rivers and the Chargers are headed to the divisional round -- but a Pennsylvania man is trying to stop that. (Andy Lyons, Getty Images / January 5, 2014)

The Baltimore Sun
3:08 p.m. EST, January 8, 2014

The San Diego Chargers completed the biggest upset of the NFL's wild-card round, but one man in Pennsylvania is determined to challenge their viability in the playoffs.

Daniel L. Spuck of Mercer, Pa., has filed a motion against the NFL to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania for "a temporary emergency injunction" on the basis that the Chargers should not have been in the postseason because of a missed call in the Week 17 game between San Diego and Kansas City. The filing came before the first round of the playoffs.

Officials in that game failed to call an illegal alignment formation on the Chargers that would have allowed Kansas City kicker Ryan Succop a re-kick of a 41-yard field goal he missed with eight seconds remaining. Had he made the kick, San Diego's loss would have sent the Pittsburgh Steelers to the postseason as the final wild-card team.

Instead, San Diego won in overtime and then beat the favored Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. The Chargers face the AFC's top-seeded Denver Broncos this Sunday.

In the filing, Spuck suggested some possible remedies for the missed call. The NFL could suspend the playoffs for a week to 10 days, allow Succop to re-kick the field goal, or let the Steelers play the Chargers at a neutral site to determine who plays on.

Online court records, which show that the suit was filed via inmate mail from the Pennsylvania corrections department, say the plaintiff has not submitted a filing fee or requested a waiver.

(the actual document is shown in the actual story if you click the link)

:uplol: