NFL and broadcasters facing antitrust suit re Sunday Ticket

[LadyStanley]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sunday-ticket-trial-21-billion-142052944.html

Suit alleges pricing higher than it should have been.

Damages could be $7B, required to triple ($21B) which would be more than $650m/team.

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[LadyStanley]

Could NFL Sunday Ticket lawsuit change the way America can watch — and pay for — football?

A class action lawsuit threatens the way the NFL packages its viewing options.

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Expect suit to go all the way to SCOTUS if NFL loses in appeals.

 

[LadyStanley]

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell defends 'Sunday Ticket' package as a premium product

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated during testimony in federal court Monday that the league's “Sunday Ticket” package, the subject of a class-action lawsuit, is a premium product while also defending the league's broadcast model. Goodell was called as a witness by the NFL as the trial...

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Goodell testifies

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

And the hammer has dropped:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806429924284133771

 

[StreetHawk]

So $150 mill per team basically…..

 

[Golden_Jet]

So $150 mill per team basically…..

Probably more.
The NFL has been ordered to pay $4.7 billion due to antitrust violations surrounding its “Sunday Ticket” package, but an even larger penalty is still on the table.

 

[LadyStanley]

The NFL could appeal the Sunday Ticket case all the way to the Supreme Court ... or it could do the right thing

How about expressing a modicum of respect for its football-addicted customers the league continues to wring for every last dollar?

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More analysis

 

[joestevens29]

The NFL could appeal the Sunday Ticket case all the way to the Supreme Court ... or it could do the right thing

How about expressing a modicum of respect for its football-addicted customers the league continues to wring for every last dollar?

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More analysis

Can’t even read a paragraph. It’s such a bias piece

 

[Yukon Joe]

Can’t even read a paragraph. It’s such a bias piece

It's a column aka an opinion piece. Being biased is kind of the point of a column - you want someone's opinion, whether you agree with it or not.

 

[joestevens29]

It's a column aka an opinion piece. Being biased is kind of the point of a column - you want someone's opinion, whether you agree with it or not.

It’s pure hyperbole bullshit though

 

[Yukon Joe]

It’s pure hyperbole bullshit though

That's fair - you don't have to agree with it.

What isn't fair though is calling an opinion column "biased". That's literally the point of an opinion column.

 

[joestevens29]

That's fair - you don't have to agree with it.

What isn't fair though is calling an opinion column "biased". That's literally the point of an opinion column.

Shouldn’t be posted imo. Garbage pieces should stay away from a broader audience

 

[LadyStanley]

Then I suggest you start posting articles with substance rather than waiting for the next Yahoo Sports/AP article or column I find.

 

[LadyStanley]

Roger Goodell on NFL's $7 billion 'Sunday Ticket' court loss: 'We obviously disagree'

Get ready for a lengthy appeals process.

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[LadyStanley]

Federal judge reportedly overturns jury verdict in NFL's Sunday Ticket lawsuit in win for league

A jury had previously found that the NFL had violated federal antitrust laws with its Sunday Ticket package.

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Federal judge overturns judgment. More details coming.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

I will say that it’s weird to go down the “antitrust” road with professional sports. Because there’s a ton of precedent back in the early 20th century where it was basically ruled that Major League Baseball is exempt from antitrust law. This directly influenced the rules (or lack thereof) the other pro sports league had/have to follow.

They are all huge cartels of collaborating “individual owners” intent on holding a total monopoly on their respective sports. And there has been very little, ever, that has stopped them even in decades ago when the United States enforced antitrust laws diligently.

It’s very odd to me how so much of the economical political divide seems to be about whether you believe in overreach of government or overreach or corporations. In many ways, it’s an identical danger.

 

[mouser]

Federal judge reportedly overturns jury verdict in NFL's Sunday Ticket lawsuit in win for league

A jury had previously found that the NFL had violated federal antitrust laws with its Sunday Ticket package.

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Federal judge overturns judgment. More details coming.

Important to highlight this was overturned by the same district court judge overseeing the lawsuit because the jury did not follow his orders when determining damages. Not overturned on appeal to a higher court/judge.

 

[mouser]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1819405424568742221

 

[mouser]

NFL Scores Sunday Ticket Win on Stunning Judicial Reversal

A federal judge Thursday made the stunning decision to grant the NFL a judgment as a matter of law in Sunday Ticket class action case. The NFL wins.

www.sportico.com