NFL Sunday Ticket Case Certified as Antitrust Class Action (1)

The National Football League will face an antitrust class action over claims that the structure of its “Sunday Ticket” package on DirecTV forces viewers to choose between buying every out-of-market game or none.

Judge Philip S. Gutierrez formally conferred class action status on the long-running litigation, which is back at the US District Court for the Central District of California after a brief trip to the US Supreme Court’s doorstep. The justices declined to shut down the case in late 2020.

The ruling represents a significant win—albeit a preliminary one—for the customers leading the lawsuit, which seeks to dismantle the ...