Former New York Jets star defensive end Mark Gastineau has filed a $25 million lawsuit against ESPN over showing and promoting a clip from 2002 in which Gastineau berated former Green Bay Packers star quarterback Brett Favre for “taking a dive” so New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan could break Gastineau’s sack record.
Gastineau’s lawsuit states that Favre and Gastineau shook hands at the end of the 20o2 confrontation, but ESPN elided that portion of the scene, and showed the clip in 2023 at the Chicago Sports Spectacular as part of the “30 For 30: The New York Sack Exchange” documentary, the New York Post reported.
22 years after losing the NFL single-season sack record, Mark Gastineau confronted Brett Favre for ‘taking a dive’ on the record-breaking play.
Catch the latest @30for30, ‘The New York Sack Exchange,’ on ESPN and ESPN+ starting Dec. 13.
