NFL Sunday Ticket is usually a good way to catch live games on demand that are happening outside of one's locality. However, subscribers have recently taken an issue with and filed a lawsuit against the Roger Goodell-led league. It took a long and grueling process that involved billions of dollars and a court of law. Finally, the case has met its end.
The last verdict in the NFL Sunday Ticket case was overturned by a federal judge. It would have necessitated Roger Goodell and the rest of the league to pay roughly $4.7 billion in damages to its subscribers. A big part of the new ruling was that two witnesses for the case were reportedly using the incorrect methodologies.
When the verdict was made public, the NFL quickly released a statement. They were obviously charged with joy after it had favored them, via Adam Schefter of ESPN.
“We are grateful for today’s ruling in the Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit. We believe that the NFL's media distribution model provides our fans with an array of options to follow the game they love. This includes local broadcasts of every single game on free over-the-air television. We thank Judge Gutierrez for his time and attention to this case and look forward to an exciting 2024 NFL season,” the league said.
It was not just $4.7 billion that the NFL could have been liable. If the ruling pushed through that it was not in their favor, the damages would have skyrocketed. In fact, it would have tripled in valuation. Roughly, the subscribers would have been owed over $14 billion.
Roger Goodell's feelings before the NFL Sunday Ticket verdict
The league obviously did not want to lose a huge sum of their earnings due to this legal debacle. So, Goodell made it very clear after the first decision that they would remain patient and stand by the legal proceedings.
“We obviously disagree with the jury verdict and we are committed, obviously, to following the legal process. It's a long process and we're aware of that. But we feel very strongly about our position, our policies, particularly on media. We make our sport available to the broadest possible audience. Sunday Ticket is just a complementary product. We're committed to following the litigation all the way and making sure that we get this right,” the NFL commissioner said.
A few weeks later, the call to stick with the process paid off. Hopefully, the league could deliver better services for NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers such that this does not happen again.
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