Sunday Ticket Subscribers Could Receive Up to $2500 in Damages (6 Billion total) (3 Viewers)

[Optimus Prime]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury in U.S. District Court ruled Thursday the NFL violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service and has awarded nearly $4.7 billion in damages.

The jury ordered the league to pay $4 billion in damages to the residential class and $96 million in damages to the commercial class.

The lawsuit covered 2.4 million residential subscribers and 48,000 businesses who paid for the package of out-of-market games from the 2011 through 2022 seasons on DirecTV. The lawsuit claimed the league broke antitrust laws by selling its package of Sunday games at an inflated price. The subscribers also say the league restricted competition by offering “Sunday Ticket” only on a satellite provider.

The jury of five men and three women deliberated for nearly five hours before reaching its decision.

“This case transcends football. This case matters,” plaintiffs attorney Bill Carmody said during Wednesday’s closing arguments. “It’s about justice. It’s about telling the 32 team owners who collectively own all the big TV rights, the most popular content in the history of TV — that’s what they have. It’s about telling them that even you cannot ignore the antitrust laws. Even you cannot collude to overcharge consumers. Even you can’t hide the truth and think you’re going to get away with it.”………

Jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws in 'Sunday Ticket' case and awards $4.7 billion in damages

A jury in U.S. District Court ruled Thursday the NFL violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service and has awarded nearly $4.7 billion in damages.

apnews.com

 

[RaginCajun83]

So how do I get my check that’s worth 25 cents

 

[Booker]

While it would be nice to get a little something back, I'd be happy if this just leads to being able to order out of market games on game by game basis.

 

[Consigliere]

So the lawyers will get 4 billion and each fan that subscribed will get $.78 and a coupon for 10% off Sunday Ticket.

Yep, just like Chinese Drywall.

 

[DerrickB]

Yes indeed. Kat Williams was right about 2024. Lol

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Too little, too late.. all those years I couldn’t get Sunday Ticket b/c I didn’t have , or could not get, Directv.. now i have YoutubeTV and it’s available to me, but man what a pain in the *** it was to watch Saints games out of market for the last couple decades .

 

[DerrickB]

 

[Merl]

It will be a long drawn out process before anyone gets anything. The NFL will be filing appeals that will likely take a few years to settle

 

[Rexman100]

I learned something today.

It's actually a whopping $489 with a YouTube account! Holy carp!

On YouTube TV it's $350 without Red Zone but you're paying a lot more per month.

So much for YT 'innovating' ST. All we can do as consumers, not just ST but pretty much everywhere these days, is withhold our money (and bootleg )

Bootlegging is a lousy experience though with buffering, racist idiots in chat and unstable streams. At some point, I'm going to just throw in the towel like I have with the Nationals. Tired of fighting the Angelos' ridiculous rules. They STILL require a CABLE subscription for their sports network so bootlegging is the only option unless you want to time warp to 1990s.

The days of emulation you say? ( Card reader plus an old computer)

 

[TenTwo]

 

[JPPT1974]

Sadly the league is getting beyond very greedy which is of course an understatement. But they overlooked and under appreciate the fact we the fans are their #1 clients!!