As a longtime sports enthusiast and former Sunday Ticket subscriber, I must say this recent turn of events has left me both surprised and slightly relieved. The $4.7 billion jury verdict seemed like an overreach to me, even for die-hard football fans like myself.
In an unexpected turn of events, a federal judge recently nullified a ruling that had granted the NFL’s Sunday Ticket subscribers a $4.7 billion compensation. The judge found that the jury’s decision lacked evidential support during the class action trial.
In his ruling, Judge Philip Gutierrez from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California stated that the jury’s damage assessment in this case lacked evidence support and needed to be overturned. He explained that the $4.7 billion award was more like an educated guess or speculation rather than a reasonable estimation based on facts.
On June 27th, a federal court in Los Angeles ruled that the National Football League (NFL) must pay $4.7 billion as compensation, having been found guilty of colluding with DirecTV and broadcasting partners to artificially inflate the price of the Sunday Ticket games package. This service grants access to all out-of-market games on Sundays during the regular season. The NFL has stated its intention to challenge this court decision.
In a statement regarding the Sunday Ticket class-action lawsuit, the NFL expressed their gratitude for the court’s decision. They believe that their media distribution model offers numerous ways for fans to watch their favorite games, such as local broadcasts of every single game available on free over-the-air television. The NFL appreciates Judge Gutierrez’s consideration of this case and eagerly anticipates an exciting 2024 NFL season.
As a passionate cinephile looking back, I recall the significant class-action lawsuit from 2015 that I closely followed. This legal battle, which I was part of as a residential subscriber numbering over 2.4 million and an estimated 48,000 commercial entities like restaurants, bars, and other establishments purchasing Sunday Ticket from DirecTV, was no small affair.
From 1994 until the 2023-24 NFL season, DirecTV served as the partner for Sunday Ticket. However, Google recently secured a seven-year deal with the NFL to distribute Sunday Ticket through YouTube, meaning DirecTV no longer has control over it. Sunday Ticket offers all out-of-market regular-season NFL games that are usually broadcast on Fox and CBS.
The court case disclosed that ESPN, owned by Disney, had proposed to buy the rights to Sunday Ticket from the NFL, starting from the 2023-24 season. This deal would have cost $70 per season for viewers to access all out-of-market Sunday games for individual teams. On the other hand, YouTube plans to sell Sunday Ticket at $349 per season when bundled with YouTube TV, or $449 per season if purchased separately as a standalone package.
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2024-08-02 04:16