NFL Sunday Ticket lawsuit results in $4.7BILLION ruling for plaintiffs after league was sued by 2.4million subscribers for allegedly violating antitrust laws

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A federal judge in California is ordering the NFL to pay about $4.7 billion in a class-action lawsuit after ruling in favor of Sunday Ticket subscribers on Thursday.

The NFL is appealing the decision, according to multiple reports.

The lawsuit covers 2.4 million residential subscribers and 48,000 businesses who paid for the package of out-of-market games from the 2011 through 2022 seasons on DirecTV.

It claims the league broke antitrust laws by selling its package of Sunday games at an inflated price. The subscribers also say the league restricted competition by offering 'Sunday Ticket' only on a satellite provider.

The NFL released a statement in response to the verdict on Thursday.

Some NFL fans subscribed to DirecTV have complained over the network's advertsing that all NFL games can be viewed on its service

'We are disappointed with the jury's verdict today in the NFL Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit,' an NFL spokesman said in a statement.

'We continue to believe that our media distribution strategy, which features all NFL games broadcast on free over-the-air television in the markets of the participating teams and national distribution of our most popular games, supplemented by many additional choices including RedZone, Sunday Ticket and NFL+, is by far the most fan friendly distribution model in all of sports and entertainment.

'We will certainly contest this decision as we believe that the class action claims in this case are baseless and without merit. We thank the jury for their time and service and for the guidance and oversight from Judge Gutierrez throughout the trial.'