NFL Loses Sunday Ticket lawsuit

[PanthersATL]

The plaintiffs insist NFL teams pooling their broadcasts through the Sunday Ticket, which is available through YouTube TV for $349/year (or less with discounts), violated antitrust law.  The ruling could compel major changes to the league’s broadcasting arrangements, which last year accounted for 93 of the year’s 100 most-watched TV broadcasts in the U.S

The NFL plans to appeal the ruling, which found the league liable for $4.7 billion to the residential class of plaintiffs and $96 million to the commercial class.

The NFL also warned that if teams were compelled to compete in the licensing of out-of-town broadcasts, it would diminish the number of televised games available to fans. While the Sunday Ticket carries a cost, it ensures that fans can watch any game on TV regardless of their location in the U.S. If out-of-town fans were instead reliant on their favorite team finding a broadcast partner, some could lose TV access to certain games. 

In addition to appealing, the NFL will need to consider new broadcasting arrangements that feature teams competing in the sale of broadcasts. The league has maintained that consumers will be worse off without the Sunday Ticket but has economic incentives to ensure the NFL continues its broadcasting dominance—even if that means exploring new ways of teams televising games to out-of-town fans.

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2024/nfl-sunday-ticket-trial-decision-1234785934/

[PanthersATL]

So for those of us who would love a Panthers-only Sunday Ticket offer... this was the first thing on the list that needed to happen

[Jackie Lee]

I'll stick to the free websites until I can actually manage to sit through an entire game

[jasonluckydog]

I ain't paying for this sshit product. Too many free sites to watch this sshit show for free. 

[t96]

1 hour ago, PanthersATL said:

So for those of us who would love a Panthers-only Sunday Ticket offer... this was the first thing on the list that needed to happen

Yep glad to see it. I’m still pissed at how ripped off I was last year paying full price Sunday ticket for that poo product of ours, while not watching any other games really

[strato]

I love this. The NFL Corporation needs a lot of cutting down to size afaic. 

[strato]

2 hours ago, jasonluckydog said:

I ain't paying for this sshit product. Too many free sites to watch this sshit show for free. 

Darn right. I don’t even get fancy, I just wait until the free replays are uploaded and keep my Sundays for things that don’t make me feel bad.

And we are talking a speed watch missing nothing but filler that takes a little over an hour. Rewatch the interesting parts at your leisure. Listen to those balls quack, watch Icky play like he was a Washington General... all the quality experiences you hate to waste your day on, but don’t want to miss. 

[Bigdaddy8523]

Hopefully I can get money back. Hell I have been a subscriber since 07.

[TD alt]

The digital age was supposed to make things cheaper. The ability to stream has made things exponentially cheaper for the NFL, but yet (just like most corporations) the charge more and more for their product. I'll be damned if I start paying for their exorbitantly priced Sunday Ticket after all these years. It costs them substantially less to stream than to broadcast. The NFL is full of sh¡t!

[PNW_PantherMan]

I felt like suing after paying for Sunday Ticket to watch last year's team.  What a rip.

[Ricky Prickles]

I was lucky enough to watch all Panthers game for free locally but I truly feel bad for those that had to pay to watch what we saw on the field last season from some players that were going through the motions all the way up to some coaches (head coach in fact) that didn't give a rats ass what happened.

Edited Saturday at 09:16 PM by Ricky Prickles

[strato]

5 hours ago, TD alt said:

The digital age was supposed to make things cheaper. The ability to stream has made things exponentially cheaper for the NFL, but yet (just like most corporations) the charge more and more for their product. I'll be damned if I start paying for their exorbitantly priced Sunday Ticket after all these years. It costs them substantially less to stream than to broadcast. The NFL is full of sh¡t!

NFL has truly gone national. Like, they are integral infrastructure to the nation. The government uses them and in turn they use the government. The government is reining them in a bit. I hope some of the everyday NFL  dupes that were held over a barrell get some relief out of it. 

 

[PanthersATL]

On 6/28/2024 at 2:22 AM, Bigdaddy8523 said:

Hopefully I can get money back. Hell I have been a subscriber since 07.

Supposedly, subscribers could get $340 for each season they purchased Sunday Ticket (assuming the ruling doesn’t get overturned or reduced through an appeal)

[strato]

50K would not be a bad windfall.