Jury Hits NFL With $4.7 Billion In Damages In ‘Sunday Ticket’ Legal Fight

A Los Angeles jury ruled Thursday that the NFL violated antitrust laws by offering Sunday afternoon games via a premium subscription services, and awarded plaintiffs hefty damages of about $4.7 billion in the years-old class action suit.

The NFL said it plans to appeal.

The class action suit first filed in 2015 covers $2.4 million residential subscribers and 48,000 businesses who paid for out of market games from the 2011 to 2022 football seasons  on DirecTV. It alleged that the league broke antitrust laws by selling the Sunday game package and an inflated price and offering the by Sunday Ticket only on a satellite provider.

The NFL had tried and failed to get the case dismissed.

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