{"id":2410,"date":"2024-08-02T21:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2410"},"modified":"2024-08-02T21:41:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T21:41:00","slug":"nfl-4-7billion-sunday-ticket-lawsuit-thrown-out-by-us-judge-in-bombshell-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2410","title":{"rendered":"NFL $4.7BILLION Sunday Ticket lawsuit thrown out by US judge in bombshell verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. judge in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/california\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>California<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on Thursday threw out a $4.7 billion verdict against the NFL in a lawsuit claiming it overcharged subscribers to its Sunday Ticket game telecasts for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling by Los Angeles-based U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez followed arguments by the NFL that the verdict was unjustified and the result of a &#8216;runaway&#8217; jury.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL and lawyers for the subscribers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sunday Ticket&#8217; is the only broadcast option for NFL fans who want to watch their teams play out-of-market games.<\/p>\n<p>The subscribers alleged &#8216;Sunday Ticket&#8217; prices were inflated to limit subscriptions and protect distribution rights fees that broadcast networks paid to air games in local markets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2411\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/38-300x187.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/38-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/38.png 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>+<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>View gallery<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A U.S. judge threw out a $4.7 billion verdict against the NFL over Sunday Ticket<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"qcmgidgb3\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"M936536ScriptRootC1603533_09774\">\n<div id=\"AdskeeperComposite1603533_09774\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\">\n<p>The court&#8217;s ruling granting judgment as a matter of law to the NFL can be appealed to the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/los-angeles\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Los Angeles<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0federal jury said in its June 27 verdict that the NFL had restricted the availability of &#8216;Sunday Ticket,&#8217; allowing DirecTV to charge artificially higher prices as its former sole distributor. DirecTV was not on trial.<\/p>\n<p>The jury awarded $4.6billion based on 24.1 million residential subscriptions throughout the 12-year class period, and $96.9 million based on about 506,780 commercial subscriptions for bars and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL in a court filing called the damages amount &#8216;nonsensical&#8217; based on the evidence the jury was allowed to consider and denied subscribers were overcharged.<\/p>\n<p>The subscribers countered that the NFL based its arguments on &#8216;pure conjecture&#8217; into the jury&#8217;s reasoning and said there was no evidence the jurors relied on evidence they were told to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. antitrust law allows for the tripling of damages awards, potentially increasing the value of the verdict to $14billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. judge in\u00a0California\u00a0on Thursday threw out a $4.7 billion verdict against the NFL in a lawsuit claiming it overcharged subscribers to its Sunday Ticket game telecasts for more than &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2413,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410\/revisions\/2413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}