saint5221

While not directly relevant to the women in the locker room slant this thread has taken I saw this in Pro Football weekly. It echos most everyones feelings reguardless of which side of the women in or out of the locker room they find themselves on. Maybe some women should be allowed in, but definitely not this one.

http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW...koff110703.htm

how about the news that Peyton Manning is being sued for defamation by former University of Tennessee assistant athletic trainer Jamie Ann Naughright, who claims that Manning defamed her in the book he wrote with his father, Archie, in 2000, “Manning: A Father, His Sons and a Football Legacy.� In the book, Manning mentions an incident in which Peyton basically mooned Naughright in 1996 and says that the incident was “inappropriate.� Peyton also said that Naughright had a “vulgar mouth,� and she claims that it later cost her some job opportunities.

Oh, did I mention she’s also suing Peyton for $15,000 in damages on accusations that he placed his, and this really is a quote, “naked butt� on her face during the 1996 incident in the Volunteers’ locker room.

The defamation thing seems pretty ridiculous to me because she isn’t actually mentioned by name in the book, but the extra $15K lawsuit is what really got my attention. Shouldn’t the statute of limitations on complaining about being mooned top out at about 45 minutes? And what kind of moon job causes $15,000 worth of damages?

Mind you, this is the same Jamie Ann Naughright that agreed to a $300,000 settlement with the university in 1997 over 33 accusations of sexual harassment stemming from her time in the Volunteers’ locker room. Hey, if she was harassed, then she was entitled to pursue the matter in 1997. But in my world, you simply can’t go after someone seven years later over some stupid college prank.

Why did I even bring this up? First off, it never ceases to amaze me just how litigious a society we have become. Second, it just kills me how stupid the entire case is. Do you figure Naughright’s friends all rolled their eyes when she said she had decided to sue Manning for his indiscretion during the early part of Bill Clinton’s second term? It’s just amazing what people will do to try to get some money out of famous people.


[Edited on 11/7/2003 by saint5221]