Posted on 09/14/2009 1:41:58 PM PDT by JoeProBono
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Three teenagers who say they were tossed from a New Jersey ballpark for sitting through the song "God Bless America" are suing the minor league Newark Bears.
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Did they toss out the people in wheelchairs?
Something fishy about this story
Bryce Gadye (gah-DEE’) and Nilkumar (NIHL-koo-mahr) Patel, both 17, and junior Shaan (shahn) Mohammad Khan.
sigh....
It’s all about irritating other people; that’s all that some people live for.
I hope the team countersues the hell out of these losers. There is no free speech in private settings.
Who woulda ever guessed?
as silly as this is, it wasn’t the national anthem. but it’s a private business and they have the right to remove anyone who doesn’t act a certain way.
This sounds like a made up piece of crap story. Oh come on!! I have been to that stadium and they say “no cursing, booing, etc” but people do it all the time and are not ejected. This story smells!!!
1. “God Bless America” ain’t the national anthem
2. these clowns were looking for a fight or some notoriety. 3. They harmed nobody
4. I wouldn’t cross the street to pee on ‘em if they were on fire, but jeez...
Colonel, USAFR
Need a “Muslims hating America” alert.
If this is true, which I doubt, I will buy season tickets. however, I think it’s just some scum tryingto get some money!
it’s their right to be morons
Uhhh... “God Bless America” is not the National Anthem... WTF?
I hate sports, this is one of my ‘Dexter’ moments. I simply have no interest at all in sports. I could not possibly care less about who plays, who wins and who dies on the field. I am more concerned about the welfare of the squirrel in my neighbor's tree than I am about any sports team in the world.
Yet, Uncle Sam puts a gun to my head and takes my money to fund an arena that I will never use, to host a game owned by Billionaires, that generates Billions every year, and I see nothing in return.
How about the teams fund their own darn arena? There would still be an arena; after all Capitalism works. Play any game you want, I don't care.
As long as you put a gun to my head, and every other taxpayer in the state to pay for that arena - you cannot force everyone in that arena to abide by your religion, faith or beliefs. No Hanukkah, Christmas, Ramadan, Thanksgiving, Lent or other religious celebrations.
The purchase of a ticket is a contract to let them view the game. They should have told them they have to stand for the song.
Maybe some kind of breach of contract claim would be better. Assuming of course that the reported details of the story are true and complete, and that these kids actually paid for their tickets.
so technically, you can be thrown out for yelling.
I understand the attachment but it ain’t the National Anthem. They would have received a swift kick in the ass in that event.
Lovin’ it....
Told my kids, if Dishnetwork offered a Sports-free package, I would pay extra just so I didn’t have to wheel past Basketball, Baseball, Football, golf, hockey, tiddly-winks, darts, volleyball, Lumberjack competition, horse racing, car racing, reindeer games and let’s not forget bowling.
Now, if they had topless women’s sports - that would be something entirely different. However, I think given my history regarding sports, this would be a hard-sell for my wife.
Who owns the park? Chances are the park is paid for by the taxpayers. Now if it's privately held - super, fantastic and wonderful. I would sincerely and truly love that. I believe that 100% of the parks in the USA should be utterly and completely funded with private funds, not a dime of taxpayer money.
But, chances are better than fair that the taxpayer had a gun put to his head and was given a choice of losing his home and going to jail - or pay taxes for the ball park. As such, NO ONE can force others to abide by their cultural values, as everyone has equal rights to be there.
Chances are, if this is a taxpayer asset, these people will win and the taxpayers will have a gun placed against their heads again - and these kids will all be set for life.
Unless there was a sign at the ticket booth, how would these kids know that sitting during "God Bless America" is a prohibited act?
I'm not much of a sports fan but I've attended games for just about every sport, at every level from high school to professional. Until reading this story I would have never guessed that refusing to stand for patriotic songs, or even the national anthem, was grounds for removal. In bad taste, yes, but not a reason to kick someone out.
Maybe I'm just clueless on this one, but it doesn't seem like a requirement a reasonable ticket purchaser would anticipate unless they were given advance warning.
I hadn't considered the complications involved if the stadium was built on the taxpayer's dime. For some reason I assumed it was privately funded, maybe because it is a minor league team.
That is so dang cute. I am printing it and giving it to my friend.
She is going to laugh her butt off.
I would have spilled my beer on them.
Most tickets to professional sporting events have a clause on the back allowing for the revocation of the “contract”/ticket for any reason at any time. Therefore, most of these lawsuits never go anywhere. They may have a case if they directly sue the employee(s) who kicked them out but that’s not where the $$$ is, and they know it.
With names like that they should toss them out of the country.
But anyone who disses the USA in the USA still deserves to be mocked, ridiculed and spat upon.
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