It’s always nice when the New York Jets front office or players aren’t the ones with eggs on their faces. This time, it’s the Buffalo Bills who are fitting the ‘bill,’ settling on a text-messaging lawsuit. Image: AP
Per Stephen Watson of the Buffalo News, the Bills will by paying $3 million back to their fans.
Jerry Wojcik, a Bills fan and area native now living in Florida, contended in his October 2012 suit that the team violated the terms of its text service by sending him 13 messages over two weeks when it promised to send no more than five per week.
$2.5 million of that money will be distributed via debit cards, while the rest will be allotted for the claimants’ attorney and $5k for good ‘ole Jerry Wojcik.
The debit cards are worth $57.50, $65 or $75, depending on which class tier a fan is assigned to, and the Bills said in a legal filing that an estimated 39,750 phone numbers had been registered through the now-defunct text-messaging service.
The Bills next move should be making sure this doesn’t count against the salary cap.
