Super Bowl suit

Here's a new cheer for athletes to learn:

Two, four, six, eight, losers get to litigate!

Seriously. A former St. Louis Rams player filed a $100 million class action suit in U.S. District Court in New Orleans as a result of allegations that the New England Patriots videotaped the Rams' walkthrough before Super XXXVI in 2002.

Former Rams defensive back Willie Gary, who played seven games for St. Louis that season, now plays for the Georgia Force of the Arena Football League. The suit filed on his behalf named the Patriots, head coach Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft as defendants.

The Patriots upset the Rams 20-17 at the Louisiana Superdome. The filing came after allegations surfaced that New England, which was sanctioned by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell earlier this season for spying on the New York Jets, videotaped the Rams' walkthrough before the Super Bowl.

According to the Associated Press, the suit said the Patriots illegally taped the Rams' workout for the purpose ''of gaining an unfair advantage in the game.'' It claims the Patriots engaged in a raft of unsavory practices, including fraud, breach of contract and racketeering in violation of Louisiana's consumer protection act.

The suit seeks damages for Rams players, coaches and staff, as well as the 72,922 fans who attended the game.

It doesn't specify whether Patriots fans who bought tickets would be eligible to share in a victorious judgment.