Rashard Mendenhall Sues Champion Over Dropped Endorsement Deal

ESPN:

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall has filed a lawsuit against Champion, seeking more than $1 million after the company ended its endorsement contract in May following his controversial tweets upon the death of terrorist Osama bin Laden.

"This case involves the core question of whether an athlete employed as a celebrity endorser loses the right to express opinions simply because the company whose products he endorses might disagree with some (but not all) of those opinions," the lawsuit reads, according to reports.

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Comments

[JustinP213]

12:08 PM on 07/20/2011

Rashard made some stupid comments, and Champion ended his contract. That's the way it goes.

[CurvedCorner]

11:30 AM on 07/20/2011

Dude's a loose canon (idiot) but the company (Champion) was is the wrong. The dude will get paid.

[Ty LaRue]

07:49 AM on 07/20/2011

"Gina from Martin Quote": If you don't get yo' Smokey-the-Bear, corny-joke tellin' behind out there, *you* are goin' to need a search party! That's the oath!

[MXL]

06:37 PM on 07/19/2011

Good for you, Rashard.

[ajvizz]

04:40 PM on 07/19/2011

Go get them Mendenhall. Ending an endorsement for such a silly little comment on twitter, how low can you get?

[NYCannibal]

02:43 PM on 07/19/2011

Yes, Mr. Mendenhall, a plane can take skyscrapers down demolition style. Wow, I'll bet
Champion feels highly embarrassed that they handed a large endorsement to someone with the brainwave activity of someone whose bell has apparently been rung more than the local church.