LOS ANGELES — The jury in the class-action suit submitted by “Sunday Ticket” customers will get guidelines and hear closing arguments on Wednesday before start considerations.
U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez will concern jury directions and the complainants will provide their last declaration throughout the earlymorning session. Following lunch, the NFL will offer its last remarks. Each side will get 1 hour, 10 minutes to make declarations with the complainants getting an extra 20 minutes for counterclaim.
The claim started on June 6 and included 10 days of statement from financialexperts and league executives, consistingof NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
Gutierrez turned downs complainants’ movement to guideline for them as matter of law on Tuesday earlymorning. He tabled the NFL’s movement upuntil after the decision.
That suggests even if a jury guidelines for the complainants, Gutierrez might still guideline in favor of the NFL and state the complainants did not show their case.
Gutierrez brought up that possibility last week when he stated “I’m havingahardtime with the complainants’ case” while hearing movements from both sides.
The claim covers 2.4 million domestic customers and 48,000 organizations who paid for the plan of out-of-market videogames from the 2011 through 2022 seasons on DirecTV. It declares the league broke antitrust laws by selling its bundle of Sunday videogames aired on CBS and Fox at an pumpedup cost. The customers likewise state the league limited competitors by offering “Sunday Ticket” just on a s