{"id":946661,"date":"2026-10-30T18:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946661\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T18:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:12:20","slug":"appeals-court-reinstates-4-7b-sunday-ticket-class-action-verdict-against-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946661\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals court reinstates $4.7B &#8216;Sunday Ticket&#8217; class action verdict against NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bA US federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a jury\u2019s \u2060verdict against the National Football \u2060League in an antitrust lawsuit claiming it <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/27\/sports\/nfl-ordered-to-pay-4-7-billion-in-sunday-ticket-antitrust-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">overcharged subscribers \u2060to its Sunday Ticket game<\/a> \u2060telecasts for more than a decade, but said the league can have \u200ba \u200cnew trial on damages.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41596135\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell-speaks-145955802.jpg\" alt=\"NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at a press conference.\" class=\"wp-image-41596135\"\/>The \u2060ruling by \u200bthe \u2060San \u2060Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of \u2060Appeals overturned a \u200clower court judge \u2060in California who had thrown \u200bout a $4.7 \u2060billion \u2060verdict against \u200cthe NFL after the trial \u200bin 2024. Commissioner Roger Goodell above. AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura<\/p>\n<p>The \u2060ruling by \u200bthe \u2060San \u2060Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of \u2060Appeals overturned a \u200clower court judge \u2060in California who had <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/01\/sports\/4-7-billion-nfl-sunday-ticket-decision-overturned\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thrown \u200bout a $4.7 \u2060billion \u2060verdict<\/a> against \u200cthe NFL after the trial \u200bin 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u200bA US federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a jury\u2019s \u2060verdict against the National Football \u2060League in an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[514080,64,63,99,116265,1685,593,28598,85,106378,3973],"class_list":["post-946661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-antitrust-law","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-directv","tag-media","tag-nfl","tag-roger-goodell","tag-sports","tag-trials","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}