Cowboys owner Jerry Jones singled out the Cincinnati Bengals during testimony at the ongoing NFL Sunday Ticket trial.
The Dallas Cowboys always seem to get their name into the news cycle, even in the depths of summer. Dallas has been in the news a lot lately, mostly covering the contract situations surrounding the team’s top players like Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and Micah Parsons. However, owner Jerry Jones is the latest to make headlines, this time taking a shot at the Cincinnati Bengals during a court trial.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones recently testified in the ongoing NFL Sunday Ticket trial. During his testimony, he took a cheap shot at the Cincinnati Bengals.
“I am convinced I would make a lot more money than the Bengals,” Jones said, via the Associated Press. “I’m completely against each team doing TV deals. It is flawed.”
Jones was referring to the possibility of the NFL selling single-team streaming packages instead of the current Sunday Ticket model.
Jerry Jones was making the point that teams would make wildly different revenues from single-team packages. Jones is also known to have beef with Bengals owner Mike Brown, so him singling out Cincinnati was no accident.
NFL Sunday Ticket is the subject of a class-action lawsuit that claims the league broke antitrust laws by selling its package of out-of-market Sunday afternoon games at an inflated price. Subscribers also say the league restricted competition by only offering Sunday Ticket through a satellite provider.
Meanwhile, the league claims that it has the right to sell Sunday Ticket under its antitrust exemption for broadcasting.
If the NFL is found liable, a jury could award $7 billion in damages that could become $21 billion because antitrust cases can triple damages.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has defended the league’s streaming strategy.
“We sing it from the mountaintops, We want to reach the broadest possible audience on free television,” Goodell said. “I think we are very pro-consumer. Our partners have found ways to build our fan base.”