Sunday Ticket litigation

[Jimbo]

I mean... from the very post you quoted, multiple providers wanted it, the highest bidder / most lucrative partnership won.

Not sure why you guys are gaslighting yourselves to try and relitigate this whole thing again.


Feel free to quote them ever saying it could be available on a non-exclusive basis with any provider. This is wishful thinking. I have no doubt they said they were open to opportunities with partners in very vague terms, but few if anyone expected it to be a multi-platform offering and the NFL never came out and said that was an objective or desire. They went to the open market with a complex, lucrative package of content and considered their offers.

They said it in the beginning ....

Go ahead, find where they said they wanted it on 1 service only ... go ahead, i'll wait.

Enough of you guys BS around here.

DONE

 

[Bruce]

So, basically, no one wanted it.
For the Prices the NFL was asking.

I just posted Amazon, Apple, Disney and Google wanted it.

 

[Bruce]

They said it in the beginning ....

Go ahead, find where they said they wanted it on 1 service only ... go ahead, i'll wait.

Enough of you guys BS around here.

DONE

All right, here is some logic, it was on one service only since the 90s.

NFL has always been about exclusivity, they believe ( and I agree), it maximizes revenue.

 

[meStevo]

They said it in the beginning ....

Go ahead, find where they said they wanted it on 1 service only ... go ahead, i'll wait.

Enough of you guys BS around here.

DONE

lol, you are the one making the claim. Now you can't back it up?

You're the one spreading 'BS', stirring up old debates based on what you wished happened and then trying to storm out of your own argument

Amazing.

 

[Jimbo]

lol, you are the one making the claim. Now you can't back it up?

You're the one spreading 'BS', stirring up old debates based on what you wished happened and then trying to storm out of your own argument

Amazing.

Nope .... not going there anymore.

 

[Jimbo]

I just posted Amazon, Apple, Disney and Google wanted it.

You guy Continue to take things OUT of Context

I Clearly said :

So, basically, no one wanted it.
For the Prices the NFL was asking.

However, to make an argument, you conveniently left out the rest of the post

For the Prices the NFL was asking.

 

[harshness]

This is what people hoped, not what I recall the NFL ever saying.

I recall that the talk about multiple providers was the commercial accounts only and that would be up to Everpass to administer.

 

[Jimbo]

It seems the 2 of you are the only ones with trouble with this.

I recall that the talk about multiple providers was the commercial accounts only and that would be up to Everpass to administer.

I remember that as well.

 

[meStevo]

I recall that the talk about multiple providers was the commercial accounts only and that would be up to Everpass to administer.

Yup, there was never any mention or expectation that multiple providers would have residential service available. The gaslighting is remarkable.

Reminds me of one poster claiming it would never be offered standalone even after standalone service was announced, they'd convinced themselves so completely it wasn't possible they didn't believe it even after it was official lol

 

[meStevo]

Nope .... not going there anymore.

Yet you continue to reply, unable to prove your fictional point.

 

[Bruce]

It seems the 2 of you are the only ones with trouble with this.

I have no trouble, quite happy DirecTV did not wish to bid on it and Google has it now.

I went thru the old Sunday Ticket thread here, the only posters to bring up multiple providers, was the bundle guy and the Lost in Space robot person, not one of them provided evidence (links).

 

[Jimbo]

Yet you continue to reply, unable to prove your fictional point.

Your NOT Proving your post either .

DONE

 

[navychop]

This is like a car wreck. I just can’t take my eyes off it.

 

[Bruce]

Your NOT Proving your post either .

DONE

You made the assertion, the onus is on you to prove it.

 

[meStevo]

DONE

Nope .... not going there anymore.

DONE

Starting to think this doesn't mean what you think it does either.

 

[meStevo]

Next key date in the case will be 7/31 where the judge will hear previously filed motion(s).

July 31 is the next key date in the Sunday Ticket litigation

It went from being largely ignored to the biggest story in sports — even if many media outlets continue to downplay or ignore it.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[Yespage]

View: https://x.com/meghanncuniff/status/1806421508967014759?s=46


View: https://x.com/meghanncuniff/status/1806422068524920864?s=46


View: https://x.com/meghanncuniff/status/1806423627908428132?s=46

I'm so confused. The NFL wants more money for Sunday Ticket. Directv said they'd pay it. How is this any different that bidding wars for sports rights. This isn't negotiating with contractors to build a bridge for less. The sport enterprise wants MORE money. If there are more offers, the price for ST will go up, not down. This is the paradox of competition for sporting rights, where competition means the consumer actually pays more.

How in the heck did this win out? I've got to imagine it'll lose on appeal for some reason.

 

[meStevo]

Answer: Jury trial...?

I haven't seen any good 'here's what was found, here's why that's good / bad, what's weak/strong, etc. type of analysis of the case.

Florio seems to be focused on complaining about the NFL screwing us on pricing and being mad at the man rather than actual legal analysis, sadly.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAM7K5Bc9ZY

 

[Radioguy41]

Seems some of you guys have missed the whole point that the NFL was found guilty of violating anti-trust laws. That was the finding but everybody looks at the 4.7B$ and assumes it was about Sunday Ticket fees. The ST fees were only evidence in an anti-trust case and while 4.7B$ is a huge amount of money (which will likely be greatly reduced on appeal) the NFL's real worry is if Congress now decides to look into the NFL's Anti-Trust Exemption. That would be the real dagger in the NFL's heart..

 

[harshness]

Directv said they'd pay it.

It's called price fixing when you agree to keep the price at MSRP as a condition of your contract.

More than a few brands seem to get away with this (although Apple's stranglehold on retail pricing seems to have crumbled since they got in bed with BB and other retailers).