The $4.7 billion dollar judgement against the NFL could have significant financial consequences for the league, but the greater impact may be in how it changes the league’s revenue model. The NFL has had a long-term practice of evenly distributing media dollars among its teams. Should the verdict against the league hold up, individual teams would be able to seek whatever the market would allow for their out-of-market games. Andrew Brandt, executive director of Villanova’s Moorad Center for Sports Law, joins the show to explain the suit’s full implications.
Plus, NBA free agency has begun, the Euros are drawing big viewership numbers in the US, and a former number one NFL draft pick is being sued by his alma mater.
