More than a month after a jury ruled that the NFL must pay $4.7 billion from the 'Sunday Ticket' lawsuit, a federal judge reversed the verdict.
In June, a jury reached a verdict in the long-running NFL "Sunday Ticket" antitrust lawsuit in which the league would pay $4.7 billion to a group of plaintiffs. But U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled Thursday that testimony from two of the plaintiffs was flawed. "he Court does not find that it would be unreasonable for a juror to find that there was a conspiracy that unreasonably restrained trade," the judge wrote.
San Francisco sports bar initially filed a lawsuit in 2015, alleging the NFL broke antitrust law by only presenting the league's out-of-market games in a bundle instead of offering a one-team package. The case was dismissed in 2017, but it was reinstated around two years later. It was later designated as a class-action lawsuit and included millions of bars, restaurants and subscribers. The suit also alleged the league inflated the price of its "Sunday Ticket" package.
We are grateful for today’s ruling in the Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit," the NFL said in a statement. "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.
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