Another lawsuit filed against DirecTV and NFL Sunday Ticket

A bar or restaurant with a fire code occupancy between 51-100 will pay $2,314.00 for Sunday Ticket in 2015 (in addition to television package subscription charges, high-definition access fees, and other charges). And the price for Sunday Ticket is higher the larger the establishment’s EVO is. The largest establishments—like Nevada hotels—are charged more than $120,000 per year for Sunday Ticket.

Of the 4 major professional sports in this country—baseball, basketball, hockey, and football—the only one with an exclusive out of market broadcasting arrangement is the NFL/DirecTV Sunday Ticket. Major League Baseball (“MLB”), the National Basketball Association (“NBA”), and the National Hockey League (“NHL”) all distribute live out of marketgames through multiple MVPDs, including,for example, DirecTV, Dish Network, Comcast, Cox Cable and Time Warner.

As a result, DirecTV does not charge nearly as much for access to MLB Extra Innings, NBA League Pass, and NHL Center Ice, which provide access to more games per week over a longer season than the NFL.