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Entertainment & Sports,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Aug. 2, 2024

NFL 'Sunday Ticket' plaintiffs expected to appeal $4.7B reversal

Jurors had no discretion to rely on experts, ignore instructions, a US judge said, reversing the $4.7 billion verdict that had been delivered against the NFL for its "Sunday Ticket" broadcast pricing.

A nationwide class of millions of "NFL Sunday Ticket" subscribers is expected to appeal a reversed $4.7 billion jury verdict that found the National Football League's violated antitrust law with its licensing of out-of-market Sunday afternoon football games.

Late Thursday, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez in Los Angeles reversed the June 27 verdict after finding the plaintiffs' economic experts presented jurors with unreliable damages models of "but fo...

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