Mark Sanchez's Purported Romance With 17-Year-Old the Latest New York Jets Tabloid Fodder

It's the team that keeps on giving.

New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, 24, finds himself at the center of media attention today after a story ran on the website Deadspin detailing allegations of an affair Sanchez had with an unnamed 17-year-old New Jersey girl. According to Deadspin, Sanchez and the young woman met at a nightclub in New York, and the two went on to, as the story puts it, "hook up."

While there was nothing illegal about Sanchez's alleged actions (17 is legal, according to age-of-consent laws in New Jersey and New York), the story, as well as the potential for further legal action regarding its publication, has put the New York Jets back in the spotlight for something other than how well the team played football this year.

Surge Desk rounds up the team's tabloid-ready incidents of the past few months.

Tripping
Assistant coach Sal Alosi was suspended for tripping Miami Dolphins cornerback Nolan Carroll during a punt return. It was later revealed that Alosi had instructed players to form a wall close to the sideline to impede Dolphins players, and though Jets coach Rex Ryan denied giving Alosi any instruction, many fans remain skeptical.

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Foot fetishism
Deadspin has been at the center of so much juicy Jets news this year that it may want to change its name to Jetspin. Of course, their big story was identifying Michelle Ryan, the wife of coach Ryan, as the star of several foot-fetish videos.

Sexual harassment lawsuit
Two massage therapists employed by the Jets filed a lawsuit against Mark Sanchez's predecessor, Brett Favre, as well as the team over allegations of sexual harassment. Shannon O'Toole and Christina Scavo say Favre sent them text messages trying to convince the two women to come have sex with the former quarterback, and that when Scavo's husband complained, the two women were told, "You will never work for the Jets again."

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