NFL Faces Class Action Lawsuit: Sunday Ticket Prices Driven Up, Limited # of Games

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As reported by Mike Scarcella with Reuters.com, the NFL faces a $6 billion class lawsuit over limiting the number of television games and driving up the cost of its Sunday Ticket Package.

Sunday Ticket lets subscribers watch local and out-of-market games on Sunday, while football fans otherwise in any given market can only see a limited number of games.

The case will be divided into two sets of plaintiffs classes – individual Sunday Ticket residential subscribers and commercial establishments, such as hotels and bars.

 Notes:
  • Satellite provider DirecTV has the rights until the end of the 2022 to 2023 season to Sunday Ticket.
  • At least 2.4 million residential users
  • 48,000 commercial class members
  • A trial is set to begin in February 2024.

 

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