NFL Gets Allies in Bid to Have SCOTUS Stop Sunday Ticket Suit

The NFL’s bid to have the U.S. Supreme Court shut down an antitrust challenge to its “Sunday Ticket” DirecTV package has found allies in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and two groups of experts.

The justices could decide as soon as April 24 whether to take up a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which revived the proposed class action in August. The appeals court paused the case in October pending a Supreme Court petition by the league, its teams, and AT&T subsidiary DirecTV. They filed the petition in February.

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