{"id":488,"date":"2024-08-03T07:24:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T07:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/?p=488"},"modified":"2024-08-03T07:24:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T07:24:22","slug":"nfl-sunday-ticket-case-judge-reverses-4-7-billion-verdict-what-happens-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/nfl-sunday-ticket-case-judge-reverses-4-7-billion-verdict-what-happens-next\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Sunday Ticket Case &#8211; Judge Reverses $4.7 Billion Verdict \u2013 What Happens Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Judge overturns $4.7 billion verdict in &#8220;Sunday Ticket&#8221; case against NFL<\/h2>\n<p>In a stunning turn of events, a federal judge has overturned a $4.7 billion verdict in the highly publicized &#8220;Sunday Ticket&#8221; case against the National Football League (NFL). The ruling, which was handed down on Tuesday, marks a major victory for the NFL and its legal team, who have been embroiled in this legal battle for several years now.<\/p>\n<p>The case, which was originally filed by a group of fans in 2015, alleged that the NFL had engaged in anti-competitive practices by bundling the popular &#8220;Sunday Ticket&#8221; package with DirecTV, effectively limiting fans&#8217; options for watching out-of-market games. The plaintiffs argued that this practice was in violation of antitrust laws and resulted in higher prices for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>After a lengthy trial, a jury ruled in favor of the fans and awarded them $4.7 billion in damages, a record-breaking amount for an antitrust case. However, the NFL immediately appealed the decision, and now, nearly three years later, their appeal has proven successful.<\/p>\n<h3>The Judge&#8217;s Ruling<\/h3>\n<p>In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Beverly Reid O&#8217;Connell cited a lack of evidence to support the plaintiffs&#8217; claims of antitrust violations. She stated that the NFL&#8217;s exclusive deal with DirecTV did not constitute an<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source CBS News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge overturns $4.7 billion verdict in &#8220;Sunday Ticket&#8221; case against NFL In a stunning turn of events, a federal judge has overturned a $4.7 billion verdict in the highly publicized &#8220;Sunday Ticket&#8221; case against the National Football League (NFL). The ruling, which was handed down on Tuesday, marks a major victory for the NFL and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1512,1513,1514,1515,1516,1517,1518,1338,390,1468],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-sunday-ticket-case","tag-4-7-billion-verdict","tag-judge","tag-judge-overturns-4-7-billion","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-sunday","tag-overturns","tag-professional","tag-src","tag-tone-of-voice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}