On Thursday opening arguments are scheduled to begin in In re: National Football League Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation, a class action lawsuit currently pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The class action case alleges that the Defendants (the NFL and its member teams) as well as the league’s broadcast partners, and DirecTV engaged in a conspiracy to violate Articles 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, which governs United States antitrust law.
As you can probably tell, this is not your usual sports blog article.
However, given what is being alleged, and how this case could potentially impact NFL media rights, we
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