According to case documents filed on Friday, Alex Palou and his attorneys filed a motion to move the civil lawsuit against him by Chip Ganassi Racing to federal court. The attorneys filed to move the case to the Indianapolis Division of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. In the effort, Palou and his representation pointed to “diversity of citizenship” and “amount in controversy” as the reasons the case should be moved. Palou’s personal racing business, ALPA Racing, has its only physical address in Barcelona, Spain and Palou’s attorneys are arguing that the case should be moved to federal court because the two sides share no common state citizenship. In addition, federal courts generally take on cases where the amount in controversy is north of $75,000. The contract Chip Ganassi Racing is trying to make Palou honor in 2023 is worth more than $75,000 and is the foundation of that argument for Palou’s attorneys.
The Indianapolis Colts return to training camp on Tuesday at Grand Park for a noon practice. Former Colts wide receiver and current wide outs coach Reggie Wayne is in his first season in charge of the group. At Grand Park on Monday, Wayne said he had a wide receiver room that is “hungry” and want to be household names. The Colts receiving core is a very young group with third year player Michael Pittman Jr. leading the charge as one of the more experienced players in the room. Parris Campbell has impressed early at camp as the 25 year old tries to put together a full season for the first time in his young career. Fellow 25-year-old Ashton Dulin is also entering his fourth NFL season after nearly tripling his career reception total last season. The Colts also added Cincinnati wide receiver Alec Pierce in the 2022 NFL Draft. The Colts chose not to add a big name receiver in free agency as they lean on young talent and development to life a receiver room that finished 28th in receiving yards last season.
Today is the 2022 MLB trade deadline at 6:00 pm on Tuesday and Midwest teams in the middle of division races are making moves ahead of the deadline. The St. Louis Cardinals are just three games back of the Brewers in the NL Central and sit one game back from the last wild card spot. On Monday night the Cardinals finalized a deal to bring left-hander Jose Quintana from Pittsburgh. Quintana will bring support to the starting rotation. The Chicago White Sox are also three games back in the AL Central race and they strengthened the bullpen with the addition of left-handed pitcher Jake Diekman. Diekman has surrendered 27 hits in 38 and a third innings in Boston this season.
