Last June, a jury in Los Angeles agreed with fans who say the NFL overcharged them for NFL Sunday Ticket. As a result, the NFL has been hit with a $4.7 billion verdict that ruled the NFL violated antitrust laws related to its out-of-market TV games.
Now the judge overseeing the case has said that the jury did not follow instructions because the jury used its own math to come up with the $4.7 billion verdict without any basis on how they came up with that. Because of that the fine of $4.7 billion has been thrown out.
“We are grateful for today’s ruling in the Sunday Ticket class-action lawsuit. We believe that the NFL’s media distribution model provides our fans with an array of options to follow the game they love, including local broadcasts of every single game on free over-the-air television. We thank Judge Gutierrez for his time and attention to this case and look forward to an exciting 2024 NFL season.” The NFL said in a statement.
This case started back in 2015 and related to how the NFL acts differently from other major sports with its NFL Sunday Ticket. The jury agreed, after less than a day of hearings, saying the NFL broke antitrust laws with its NFL Sunday Ticket contract.
The NFL fans who had brought the lawsuit had asked for $7 billion in damages, but they have only received a $4.7 billion judgment. Now thought that could be changed as the
The case will likely be appealed, and we will likely be years away from the NFL Sunday Ticket payment reaching fans if it is upheld in court.
No word yet on how this will impact the NFL deal with YouTube TV. DIRECTV was not a defendant in this trial.
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