The Baltimore Ravens and the NFL's other 31 teams might be facing a hefty bill.
A jury in U.S. District Court ruled against the NFL in the "Sunday Ticket" lawsuit, deciding that the league sold its Sunday Ticket package an at inflated price, breaking antitrust laws. The jury awarded $4.7 billion in damages to the residential class and $96 million in damages to the commercial class.
The NFL plans to appeal the ruling.
Damages can be tripled in federal antitrust lawsuits, meaning the total in damages could go up to $14.39 billion. If the NFL ends up paying the damages, it could leave each of its 32 teams, including the Ravens with a $449.6 million bill.
In a statement, the league said the case is "baseless."
"We are disappointed with the jury's verdict today in the NFL Sunday Ticket class action lawsuit. We continue to believe that our media distribution strategy, which features all NFL games broadcast on free over-the-air television in the markets of the participating teams and national distribution of our most popular games, supplemented by many additional choices including RedZone, Sunday Ticket and NFL+, is by far the most fan friendly distribution model in all of sports and entertainment," the league said.
"We will certainly contest this decision as we believe that the class action claims in this case are baseless and without merit. We thank the jury for their time and service and for the guidance and oversight from Judge [Philip] Gutierrez throughout the trial."
Post-trial motions will be heard July 31.
