NFL ordered to pay more than $4.7 billion in ‘Sunday Ticket’ lawsuit, plus ranking top 20 tight ends for 2024

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1. NFL ordered to pay more than $4.7 billion in ‘Sunday Ticket’ class-action lawsuit

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If you’ve purchased a “Sunday Ticket” package, you may want to listen up. On Thursday, a federal judge ordered the NFL to pay $4.7 billion in residential class damages and $96 million in commercial class damage in what has become known as the “Sunday Ticket” case. 

This class-action lawsuit has been making its way through the courts dating nearly a decade when the case was originally filed in 2015. To break it down in simple terms, the plaintiffs have argued that the NFL worked together with its network partners to inflate the price of “Sunday Ticket,” which would violate antitrust laws. 

After this loss in court, the NFL announced that it would appeal the decision. Per ESPN, there will be a hearing on July 31 for post-trial motions, including one to set aside the verdict. 

“We are disappointed with the jury’s verdict today in the NFL Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit,” the league said in a statement. “We continue to believe that our media distribution strategy, which features all NFL games broadcast on free over-the-air television in the markets of the…

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Author : Tyler Sullivan

Publish date : 2024-06-28 17:01:04

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