A district court jury had ordered the NFL to pay $4.7 billion in the Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit. Now, according to multiple reports, a federal judge has overturned the verdict against the league and the plaintiffs will not be compensated.
BREAKING: A federal district judge has overturned the jury verdict in the $4.7 billion NFL Sunday Ticket case.@byajperez with more on what it means ⬇️
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The jury had ordered the NFL to pay $4.7 billion to the 2.4 million users who purchased the subscription and $96 million to the 48,000 businesses that purchased it for profit. However, Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled in favor of the NFL because he told the Associated Press that the jury did not follow his instructions when determining damages.
The league issued a statement thanking Judge Gutierrez for his decision and his interest in taking the time to analyze the case. Roger Goodell and the NFL had indicated they would appeal the decision.
“We are grateful for today’s ruling in the Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit,” the NFL said in a statement. “We believe the NFL’s media distribution model provides our fans with a variety of options to follow the game they love, including local broadcasts of every game on free, broadcast television.”
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The background of the ‘Sunday Ticket’ lawsuit
The NFL launched Sunday Ticket in 1994 to allow fans to watch games not broadcast on FOX or CBS. However, The Mucky Duck Sports Bar In San Francisco, the lawsuit was filed in 2015 and dismissed in 2017. In 2019, the Ninth Circuit, through Judge Philip Gutierrez, revived the lawsuit as a class action.
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