Men's rights leader reportedly seeking $5M in suit over free tickets for women

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/fresno-grizzlies-sued-ladies-night-mens-rights-19444333.php

The head of a national men’s rights group is suing a California minor league baseball team because of its “Ladies Night” promotion.

The current and former owners of the Fresno Grizzlies, who play in the Single-A California League, are being sued in federal court for allegedly committing gender discrimination by giving free tickets to women as part of a promotion last May. The Fresno Bee reported that the plaintiffs are seeking $5 million in damage in the class-action suit.

Plaintiff Harry Crouch is the president of the National Coalition for Men, which says on its website that it is a nonprofit that “raises awareness about the ways sex discrimination affects men and boys.” The lawsuit states that Crouch and co-plaintiff Christine Johnson attended the game together, with Crouch having to pay $18 while Johnson entered the game for free.

Because of that difference in price, the plaintiffs allege the Grizzlies have violated California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, which protects people from being discriminated against by business establishments because of their age, ancestry, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.

The plaintiffs have hired San Diego lawyer Alfred Rava, who once sued the Oakland A’s over a Mother’s Day promotion in 2004 and reached a settlement for what the East Bay Times reported was “more than $500,000” for men who attended the game. Rava has been a part of a number of other lawsuits against businesses that ran similar promotions; he told San Diego television station KSND-TV in 2018 that he had been involved in “about 300” cases involving the Unruh Act at that time.

[ProfessorGAC]

1. I Predict It Goes Nowhere

Civil rights laws are intended to address systemic problems.
A one night promotion is not indicative of a system issue.

[Happy Hoosier]

2. Harry Crouch, eh?

Seems like almost a parody name.

[getagrip_already]

3. She is suing for getting in for free?

Together they got a $9 discount.

I don't see the harm to either her individually or them as a couple.

And he wasn't charged anything extra as an individual.

Is he going to sue the park because of over 65 or under 12 for getting discounts he isn't entitled to?

Sounds like an entitled jerk.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

8. it's a setup by a lawyer... like the ones that send disabled people into restaurants

they (they attorney) make money from low settlement amounts from lot of businesses. the plaintiffs get a cut of the $$.

[Timeflyer]

4. He found an actual woman who'd go somewhere in public with him?

Oh, wait, she's co-plaintiff. Money, fame--got it.

[Walleye]

5. It's only the sound of the low party of butt hurt boys

[Elessar Zappa]

6. Boo hoo

[Iggo]

7. And they wonder why they can't get laid.