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.