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NFL Sunday Ticket $4.7 Billion Jury Verdict Thrown Out by Judge
A federal judge threw out a jury's $4.7 billion award to NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers, finding the verdict was unsupported by evidence.
The NFL got a major call overturned: A federal judge Thursday threw out a jury’s $4.7 billion award to subscribers of the league’s Sunday Ticket, finding that the verdict was unsupported by evidence presented in the class-action case. On June 27, a federal jury in L.A. ordered the NFL to pay$4.7 billion in damages after finding the league conspired with DirecTV and network partners to increase the price of the exclusive Sunday Ticket games package. The class-action lawsuit, originally filed in 2015, represented more than 2.4 million residential subscribers and more than 48,000 restaurants, bars and other commercial establishments that purchased Sunday Ticket when it was still with DirecTV.
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