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Nader backs T.O.
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Ralph Nader, onetime presidential candidate and consumer advocate, has asked Eagles CEO Jeffrey Lurie and NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue to reconsider Terrell Owens' suspension. In a letter to the football officials dated Nov. 10, Nader called Owens' comments boorish, but defended the receiver's right to speak. "If the Eagles management declines to remedy its mistake, commissioner Tagliabue, you should intervene to overturn the team's decision, which dishonors this country's traditional respect for free speech and cheats fans of an opportunity to see arguably the best receiver in football. "Let him play." Nader signed the letter as founder of League of Fans, which he describes as a sports reform project. "Fans have purchased tickets for Eagles' games, in Philadelphia and elsewhere, on the assumption that they will see one of the game's most exciting receivers, so long as he is healthy enough to play. The Eagles' action denies them this opportunity." -- ESPN.com news services [/ QUOTE ] wtf. |
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