{"id":639056,"date":"2026-05-12T18:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/639056\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:52:08","slug":"mark-gastineau-appeals-dismissal-of-his-30-for-30-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/639056\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Gastineau appeals dismissal of his 30 for 30 lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL defensive end Mark Gastineau isn\u2019t giving up on his effort to sue ESPN, the NFL, NFL Films, and others regarding The New York Sack Exchange documentary.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/mark-gastineaus-30-for-30-lawsuit-is-dismissed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">had been dismissed<\/a> in March. Via Ben Horney of Front Office Sports, Gastineau <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BenHorney\/status\/2053814174971551832?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">has appealed the ruling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gastineau claims that his conversation with Brett Favre regarding the phantom sack that allowed Michael Strahan to break Gastineau\u2019s single-season sack record was used without Gastineau\u2019s consent or permission. He also argues that the clip portrayed him \u201cin a manner which was maliciously false.\u201d Gastineau also contends that the producers \u201cintentionally and maliciously\u201d omitted footage of Gastineau and Favre shaking hands.<\/p>\n<p>In federal court, the appeal process commences with a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BenHorney\/status\/2053814872937300121?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">simple filing<\/a> regarding the losing parties\u2019 intention to appeal. No arguments or briefs are submitted at that time.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants had attacked the case by filing a motion to dismiss it. The motion was based on the argument that the lawsuit fails to state a claim on which relief can be granted. Which means that, even if everything alleged factually is true, there\u2019s no legal theory that creates liability.<\/p>\n<p>The federal appeals process usually takes at least a year to play out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NFL defensive end Mark Gastineau isn\u2019t giving up on his effort to sue ESPN, the NFL, NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-639056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}