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In a key pretrial filing, the NFL and its teams have asked a U.S. judge to find there is no evidence to justify holding a multibillion-dollar trial alleging the exclusive “Sunday Ticket” package of televised games violates U.S. antitrust law.
The plaintiffs, seeking $6 billion in damages, argue the NFL’s business arrangement with DirecTV has artificially inflated the price of Sunday Ticket, which provides out-of-market Sunday afternoon games that are not otherwise available for free on certain national broadcasters. Read more about the case that’s scheduled to go to trial in February.
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The U.S. Supreme Court could soon face a major test of its credibility after Alabama Republicans recently enacted a congressional district map that appears to run afoul of an order from the justices, columnist Hassan Kanu writes. The justices in June agreed with a lower court that Alabama’s previous map likely discriminated against Black voters, and it ordered the state to redraw its districts. Yet, lawmakers have now submitted a map that seems to dilute the Black vote even further, Kanu writes. Alabama lawmakers appear to be making a bet that the conservative court will refuse to toss out an electoral map that favors Republicans, he writes.
Check out other recent pieces from all our columnists: Alison Frankel, Jenna Greene and Hassan Kanu
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