NFL loses Sunday Ticket Lawsuit

[Giantone]

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-loses-s...225928049.html



NFL loses 'Sunday Ticket' trial, ordered to pay $4 billion by federal jury
With antitrust law, the damages could increase to $12 billion

The NFL has been ordered to pay $4.7 billion in residential class damages and $96 million in commercial class damages by a federal jury in a class action lawsuit filed against the league by subscribers to "NFL Sunday Ticket." The verdict was first reported by journalist Meghann Cuniff.

The lawsuit argued that the NFL, its teams and its network partners (DirecTV, CBS, ESPN and Fox) violated antitrust rules by working together to limit competition and sell the out-of-market TV package at an inflated price.

[GridIron26]

It will be interesting to see how appeal court handles it. Hopefully this is a first crack that will force NFL owners to reconsider how they distribute the games.

[JPPT1974]

NFL owners need to realize us fans are the ones that are their #1 clients. Just saying!!

[Dlyne8r]

Good. Greedy bastards. I subscribed to NFL Ticket when we moved from MD years ago but wasn’t long before we cancelled because of exorbitant cost and Snyder wrecking our team. That said, if we become competitive again I may be willing to pay up again to watch.

[Giantone]

NFL Rumors
@nflrums

The NFL Sunday Ticket settlement is around $4,000 to 5,000 a customer per report

https://x.com/nflrums/status/1807103902673776782

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Giantone

NFL Rumors

@nflrums



The NFL Sunday Ticket settlement is around $4,000 to 5,000 a customer per report



https://x.com/nflrums/status/1807103902673776782

that seems unlikely

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[SkinsGuru]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

that seems unlikely

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they claimed $340 per year you were signed up for . . . I've been signed up for Sunday ticket since 2006 . . . would be nice, lol.

[nonniey]

Originally Posted by SkinsGuru

they claimed $340 per year you were signed up for . . . I've been signed up for Sunday ticket since 2006 . . . would be nice, lol.

I think the dates included in the suit start in 2012.

[Fishingfool]

Originally Posted by Giantone

NFL Rumors
@nflrums

The NFL Sunday Ticket settlement is around $4,000 to 5,000 a customer per report

https://x.com/nflrums/status/1807103902673776782

That would come to 12 billion if my math is right. Remember the attorneys will get around 30 to 40% off the top.

[sdskinsfan2001]

This wasn't worthy of a new thread. So this seemed like the most relative thread to put this in:

Judge blocks ESPN, Fox, Warner sports streaming venture Venu

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id...g-venture-venu

I'd sign up for this and get rid of Fubo. So I can see why Fubo is suing. They wanted a sports only package but the companies that blocked them are just taking over.

Also, no way Venu would keep the price anywhere near $42.99 for more than a year. Hell, it would probably be $99.99 in the not too distant future.

[MTK]

Very unlikely after it's appealed

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by MTK

Very unlikely after it's appealed

you will get a check for a dollar and a coupon for 20% off your next fanatics order (which has already been marked up 30% more then retail)

[MTK]

I bet it still ends up being something substantial and not your run of the mill class action settlement

[Redskins247]

I am still blown away that the NFL and it's lawyers somehow lost this case. So basically they lost because they only allowed Directv to sell the product and no other outlets?? You would have thought they had some verbiage somewhere that they got by with that from the beginning. Don't we have an attorney in this group? I'd love to hear their opinion.

[Darrell Green Fan]

Originally Posted by Redskins247

I am still blown away that the NFL and it's lawyers somehow lost this case. So basically they lost because they only allowed Directv to sell the product and no other outlets?? You would have thought they had some verbiage somewhere that they got by with that from the beginning. Don't we have an attorney in this group? I'd love to hear their opinion.

I believe the issue is they colluded with their partners to limit competition and worked with DTV to inflate the price, as it states in the OP.