John Doe<\/em>\u00a0in court documents\u2014has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the National Football League, accusing the league of collusion and discrimination in relation to Shedeur Sanders\u2019 unexpected fall to the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\nYes, you read that correctly.<\/p>\n
The Georgia-based fan claims he devoted an \u201cunquantifiable amount of time\u201d watching Sanders play for Colorado, studying every snap, press conference, and highlight reel he could find. He even admitted to falling into a self-described \u201cYouTube rabbit hole\u201d of Shedeur content. His connection to Coach Prime\u2019s son was so strong, he says, that when the quarterback wasn\u2019t selected until pick No. 144 by the Cleveland Browns, he suffered \u201cemotional distress, mental anguish, and a severe loss of football faith.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the lawsuit, the NFL allegedly\u00a0colluded<\/em>\u00a0to sink Sanders\u2019 draft stock\u2014an accusation filed under the Sherman Antitrust Act. But that\u2019s just the beginning. The complaint also alleges racial discrimination against Sanders as a Black quarterback, invoking the Civil Rights Act. And for the cherry on top, the fan claims the league misrepresented the draft process and violated consumer protection laws.<\/p>\nYou might wonder: Which lawyer signed off on this?<\/p>\n
None. The plaintiff is representing himself. He also admitted he can\u2019t afford the court filing fees necessary to move the complaint forward, which may be the only thing preventing this saga from heading straight to a judge\u2019s recycling bin.<\/p>\n
Still, the image of a Buffaloes fan\u2014perhaps in full CU gear, eyes red from hours of live-streamed draft coverage\u2014deciding to sue the most powerful sports league in America over a quarterback\u2019s draft position is, objectively, laugh-out-loud funny.<\/p>\n
And while Sanders might\u2019ve slipped to Day 3, it wasn\u2019t the end of the world. He\u2019s now in Cleveland, where he joins a quarterback room that includes Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and Dillon Gabriel\u2014the quarterback the Browns selected\u00a050 picks before<\/em>\u00a0Sanders. That, too, has likely added fuel to the plaintiff\u2019s fire.<\/p>\nIn a country where the courts are often jammed with serious matters, the idea of suing the NFL over \u201cdraft distress\u201d offers a surreal reminder that fandom, like football, can be unpredictable\u2014and occasionally, just plain absurd.<\/p>\n
Whether this case ever sees a courtroom is doubtful. But in terms of headline-grabbing efforts? Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n
\n
![](\"https:\/\/nfldraftdiamonds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NFL-Draft-Diaminds_Hula-Bowl.png\")
<\/p>\n
\n
NFL Draft Diamonds was created to assist the underdogs playing the sport. We call them diamonds in the rough. My name is Damond Talbot, I have worked extremely hard to help hundreds of small school players over the past several years, and will continue my mission. We have several contributors on this site, and if they contribute their name and contact will be in the piece above. You can email me at nf**************<\/span>@***<\/span>il.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nRead More<\/a> Damond Talbot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colorado Fan Sues NFL for $100 Million Over Shedeur Sanders\u2019 Draft Slide In what might go down as one of the most bizarre sports-related lawsuits in recent memory, a self-identified diehard Colorado Buffaloes fan\u2014listed only as\u00a0John Doe\u00a0in court documents\u2014has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the National Football League, accusing the league of collusion and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":847646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110,3790,308],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-847645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado","8":"category-football","9":"category-million"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Football](\"https:\/\/nfldraftdiamonds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/colorado-qb-shedeur-sanders-1024x768.jpg\")