THERE'S a good chance Australian punter Sav Rocca won't be an Eagle this year, but a booming punt that supposedly led to a poorly thrown pass and a broken wrist might bring him back - to court.
Most fans remember the first Philadelphia Eagles Flight Night on Aug. 2, 2009, as the night starting linebacker Stewart Bradley, a pending free agent now like Rocca, blew out his knee during a light scrimmage at Lincoln Financial Field. The night didn't end well for Debra Campana either.
According to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court recently, the Eagles fan from Cherry Hill attended the fan festival with friends and family and had great seats, just three yards from the field. Rocca, a former star in the Australian Football League, was having a catch with fans in the stands when one, sitting far back, asked him to boot one.
Sav sailed one far beyond Campana, the complaint alleges, then asked a fan to throw it back. That fan, who wasn't identified, didn't have the accuracy and instead hit Campana, "breaking her left wrist and causing serious and permanent personal injuries," the complaint alleges.
Rocca's agent, also an attorney, didn't return requests for comment. Both the Eagles and the Eagles Youth Partnership are named as defendants, but team representatives didn't return requests for comment. Campana's attorney, Daniel Rosner, declined to comment.
The complaint claims Rocca's kicking and passing balls into the crowd was not part of any practice or game and suggested that team personnel should have been in place to return the balls to the field.
