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TV station sues Browns over contract
SportingNews.com - 10 hours ago
CLEVELAND -- A TV station sued the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday after the team said it would break the station's contract to broadcast preseason games and other ...
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Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:00:00 GMT

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[Lefty Noob]

Anyone following this story? Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner announced that he was going to break his team's contract with WOIO-TV, who had the rights to broadcast Browns games. Lerner is upset with the station because they aired tapes of a 911 call his sister "placed after she found her 6-year-old daughter drowned in a creek on family property July 9," says the above article. Now the station is suing Lerner for $25,000 in damages because, while tastleless, it is perfectly legal to air 911 calls as they are part of the public record. The station looks to have a strong case, don't you think?

[BrownsFan4Lyfe]

$25,000 is well worth breaking the contract. There is a certain set of ethics by which you must follow in the media, and unfortunately for us today, stations do all that they can to expose the entire story to get a leg up on the competition and to keep viewers coming back for more. The Lerner family is well-respected in Cleveland and it is a shame what they have had to go through recently under sad circumstances.

[Lefty Noob]

You know, you're right in a lot of ways. True, the TV station did nothing illegal and nothing that could be construed as breach of contract. But what they did was very classless. They showed their true colors, and in many ways I guess Lerner should be applauded for showing that his family comes first. He's not just saying it, like so many people in pro sports, he's proving it by putting his money where is mouth is and risking lawsuit to defend his family's honor. That kind of courage is rare today.