Here's everything to know as the NFL Sunday Ticket trial gets underway in Los Angeles on Thursday.
NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers filed a class-action lawsuit against the league claiming that it broke antitrust laws with its TV package for out-of-market Sunday afternoon games.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.The lawsuit, which was filed in 2015, says the NFL broke antitrust laws when it allowed DirecTV to exclusively sell the"Sunday Ticket" package at what it says was an inflated price and restricted competition.
The NFL will argue that “Sunday Ticket” is an add-on package for out-of-town fans, along with stating that all local games are available on broadcast networks. 2017: Federal judge in Los Angeles agreed with the NFL that the subscribers hadn't made a plausible case that the exclusive distribution deal with DirecTV harmed competition, so the circuit court threw out the case.Nov. 2, 2020: Supreme Court declined to review lower court’s ruling that the case can move forward.
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