Federal judge overturns $4.7 billion jury verdict in ‘Sunday Ticket’ lawsuit, ruling for NFL

A federal judge has overruled a $4.7 billion jury verdict in the ‘Sunday Ticket’ lawsuit, providing a major win for the National Football League (NFL). The lawsuit claimed that the NFL and DirecTV had violated antitrust laws by bundling all out-of-market broadcasts into the ‘NFL Sunday Ticket’ package, which can only be purchased through DirecTV. The plaintiffs also argued that individual games should be available for purchase. In his decision, the judge disagreed with the jury verdict, stating there was not enough evidence to support the claim that the NFL’s broadcasting methods caused ‘artificially inflated’ pricing for watching out-of-market games. This ruling is significant given the huge amount of money involved and the potential impacts it could have had on how NFL games are broadcast in the future.