During the 2022 season, former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar lost his media job with the team after he placed a bet on them to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Now, that bet is the centerpiece of a lawsuit between Kosar and digital media company BIGPLAY. Kosar is alleging that he was forced by the media company, who Kosar had a contract with to provide services for, to place that $19,000 bet against his will and with his own money instead of with the company’s cash.
Kosar claims that he was to appear in two events quarterly for Big Play, but they were to be mutually agreed upon. The former quarterback states that instead of these mutual agreements, BIGPLAY and owner Kendall Myles would force him into events as well.
As Kosar continued to express conflicts of interest, as the events were not mutually agreed upon, the quarterback alleges verbal assault from Myles, including a threat to fight him. Kosar also alleges that Myles tried to strongarm him into signing a “Mutual Termination Agreement” and when he declined to do so, he was terminated with cause.
Kosar is seeking $850,000 in damages from BIGPLAY.