Sunday Ticket subscribers filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, and a federal court overturned the jury’s $4.7 billion finding. The NFL was also granted judgment.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez rendered a decision stating that the testimony of two subscribers’ witnesses was defective in its methodology and ought to have been disregarded.
In closing his 16-page decision, Gutierrez stated, “No reasonable jury could have found class-wide injury or damages without the testimonies of Drs. (Daniel) Rascher and Drs. (John) Zona.”
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez rendered a decision stating that the testimony of two subscribers’ witnesses was defective in its methodology and ought to have been disregarded.
In closing his 16-page decision, Gutierrez stated, “No reasonable jury could have found class-wide injury or damages without the testimonies of Drs. (Daniel) Rascher and Drs. (John) Zona.”
On June 27, the jury determined that the NFL had broken antitrust rules by offering out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service, and it awarded $4.7 billion in damages to residential and commercial customers.
The case included 48,000 commercial entities and 2.4 million household customers in the US who paid for the out-of-market game package on DirecTV for the 2011–2022 season.
The NFL released a statement saying, “We are grateful for today’s ruling in the Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit.” “We think that the NFL’s media distribution model offers our fans a variety of ways to watch the game they love, including free over-the-air television local broadcasts of every game.” We appreciate Judge Gutierrez’s time and consideration in this matter, and we anticipate a thrilling 2024 NFL season.
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