No, you cannot file a separate lawsuit over NFL Sunday Ticket class action damages now. Affected buyers must await the damages retrial and further appeals rather than starting a new case. NFL Sunday Ticket is the DirecTV package that carried out-of-market Sunday NFL games. The class action challenges that exclusive package as an overpriced product that raised costs for subscribers.
Official resources:
- Read the official notice from Espn — Use this primary source to verify the official announcement.
- Read the official notice from Wixx — Use this primary source to verify the official announcement.
Table of Contents
- What have the courts decided?
- Why did the appeals court find liability?
- Who is in the covered group?
- Why is there no payout or claim form?
What have the courts decided?
A Los Angeles jury in June 2024 found the NFL liable for violating antitrust law and awarded about $4.7 billion to residential and commercial subscribers. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez later threw out that verdict and granted judgment for the NFL.
On Oct. 30, 2026, a unanimous three-judge Ninth Circuit panel reinstated the jury's liability verdict, according to ESPN in its appeals court report. The court ordered the Los Angeles district court to hold a new trial limited to damages.
Why did the appeals court find liability?
The Ninth Circuit held that the NFL and clubs violated Sherman Act Sections 1 and 2. The violation came from pooling out-of-market Sunday games into one expensive DirecTV-exclusive package that inflated prices, as described by Awful Announcing.
That structure is the core of the case. Buyers could not pick one team or buy games from competing sellers. They had to buy the full expensive bundle.
Who is in the covered group?
The certified classes cover about 2.4 million residential subscribers and about 48,000 businesses, mostly bars and restaurants, according to the Associated Press via FOX Sports in its verdict explainer. Coverage applies to DirecTV Sunday Ticket purchases from June 17, 2011 to Feb.
7, 2023. Check these points against your own records:.
- Did you buy Sunday Ticket on DirecTV during that date range?
- Were you a home subscriber or a business buyer such as a bar or restaurant?
- Can you still find bills, bank statements, or DirecTV account records?
Why is there no payout or claim form?
No checks, settlement, or claim form exist now because the $4.7 billion figure was not restored. The Baltimore Chronicle explains in its subscriber guidance that buyers must await the retrial and further appeals rather than filing a separate damages suit.
Federal antitrust law permits trebling of damages. A restored award near $4.7 billion, including $96.9 million for commercial buyers, could therefore exceed $14 billion at judgment, Reuters reported via WIXX. Keep your purchase proof in one place and watch for orders from the Los Angeles district court about the damages trial.