Appeals court decides the team’s claim was based on accounting gymnastics and not a legitimate loss of revenues due to the 2010 oil spill.
The Bucs declined to say much about their attempt to claim $19.5 million in BP's Deepwater Horizon settlement fund. Jay Conner/Staff
TAMPA – It is not necessarily sleazy for an NFL team to seek damages from BP’s Deepwater Horizon settlement funds. There are legitimate reasons why the oil spill might have affected revenues.