# NFL to Face New Trial in Sunday Ticket Class-Action Lawsuit to Determine Financial Damages

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nfl-to-face-new-trial-in-sunday-ticket-class-action-lawsuit-to-determine-financial-damages/
- Published: 2026-10-30T18:16:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T05:26:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/nfl-sunday-ticket-verdict-retrial-sunday-ticket-lawsuit-1236935444/
- Topics: Art, Culture

## Key points

- Appeals court orders a new trial on damages.
- The $4.7 billion jury award remains overturned.
- The case represents millions of subscribers and 48,000 businesses.

## Summary

A federal appeals court has ordered a new trial to determine financial damages in a class-action lawsuit over the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package. It upheld the decision to discard a jury’s $4.7 billion award, but found that the trial judge wrongly excluded expert testimony that the jury should have been allowed to consider.

The lawsuit, filed in 2015, represents more than 2.4 million residential subscribers and over 48,000 businesses that bought the package through DirecTV. A 2024 jury found the NFL had violated antitrust law by conspiring with DirecTV and network partners to raise prices, but the trial judge said the damages figure relied on speculation. The case returns to district court for a new damages trial; the NFL says it is considering further appeal.

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