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Ballpark t-shirt case in Texas?

By Rick Karcher, Michael McCann, Geoffrey Rapp, Greg Skidmore, and Howard Wasserman

A woman wearing a "Yankees Suck" t-shirt was threatened with removal from The Ballpark in Arlington last week. And the story is drawing some national attention.



The Rangers have received a number of complaints about the word sucks and consider it impermissible profanity that is offensive to "many people." The woman is not talking about suing, only about wanting the Rangers to change their policy; she concedes that the park is private property (something I continue to dispute). She also makes the obvious-but-often-missed point that teams cannot ensure that no one ever is offended by what they happen to see and hear at the ballpark, especially if it is not in-your-face.

Even if there is no lawsuit, it is nice to have a ballpark-speech story with a singular (and seemingly sympathetic) face and story.

Full post as published by Sports Law Blog on May 31, 2009 (boomark / email).