Redskins' Pierre Garcon Sues FanDuel On Behalf Of NFL Players

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Redskins WR Garcon leads lawsuit vs. FanDuel

Washington Redskins wide receiver Pierre Garcon is leading a class-action lawsuit for NFL players against daily fantasy site FanDuel, his law firms announced Friday.

Garcon is suing for misuse of players' names and likenesses, exploiting them without proper licenses or permissions. The lawsuit was filed in Maryland.

"FanDuel has taken the liberty to engage in these actions without my consent and without proper licensing rights," Garcon said in a statement. "As a result of these activities, FanDuel daily fantasy contests have shown increasing revenues leading to large profits."

FanDuel competitor DraftKings is not named in the suit. DraftKings has a marketing relationship with the NFL Players Association, which allows the company to put players such as Rob Gronkowski in its advertising. DraftKings does not pay the NFL or the NFLPA for the use of statistics.

Garcon could have a hard time making his case against FanDuel. Some precedent suggests that using stats alone for fantasy purposes is no different from putting players' names in a box score. In NBA v. Motorola and Stats Inc., a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in 1997 that the federal copyright statute does not allow for the ownership of data.

Garcon said he would not comment on the lawsuit further and referred questions to agent Brad Cicala.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I play Fan Duel, and I totally agree with him

 

[Reality]

I was actually just wondering about this shyt the other day. Not surprised.

 

[Trill Bellamy]

 

[Thegospel]

What does this have to do with his lawsuit?

 

[Throwbacksample]

What does this have to do with his lawsuit?

He is promoting it one year- and then the next suing? its hypocritical

 

[010101]

run those pockets nerd*

 

[Thegospel]

He is promoting it one year- and then the next suing? its hypocritical

Being a hypocrite doesnt hold weight in the courtroom

 

[duckbutta]

They don't have a license with the nflpa so they could really be fukked

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

They don't have a license with the nflpa so they could really be fukked

Ehh, I'm inclined to agree with this tidbit:

Garcon could have a hard time making his case against FanDuel. Some precedent suggests that using stats alone for fantasy purposes is no different from putting players' names in a box score. In NBA v. Motorola and Stats Inc., a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in 1997 that the federal copyright statute does not allow for the ownership of data.

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

Being a hypocrite doesnt hold weight in the courtroom

I actually think it does sometimes

 

[THE MACHINE]

He's about to rebuild Port at Prince on that American dollar.

 

[UserNameless]

Good.. .. fukk them Poindexters.. . break bread before y'all get shut down bytch.

 

[Kyle Barker]

Garcon isn't suing them because he doesn't like them. He's suing because Fanduel is currently using names and images of him and others that they never gave permission to use and aren't getting paid for.

 

[MAKAVELI25]

Being a hypocrite doesnt hold weight in the courtroom

Yes it does. I don't see why the fact that he once PROMOTED the entity he is now suing wouldn't be relevant and material to deciding the issue.