A jury found the NFL violated the law in the “Sunday Ticket” antitrust case.

If you were unlucky enough to live outside your favorite team’s market in the late 2000s and early 2010s, there’s a good chance this news will upset you.

ESPN News Services reported that a U.S. District Court jury ordered the NFL to pay more than $4.7 billion in residential damages and another $96 million in commercial damages, ruling that the league broke antitrust law.

Look, I love the NFL as much as the next guy, but man, it really wasn’t fun working with DirecTV and Just DirectTV for so long. In addition to being overpriced, satellite reception was very susceptible to bad weather.

So not only were you paying a fortune to watch every NFL game when you really only cared about one team, but there was a good chance your screen would freeze up on a crucial third down near the end of the game. Right when you really didn’t want that to happen. Pay me, DirecTV – direct deposit is the best bet for me.

As expected, the NFL issued a statement announcing that it intends to appeal the jury’s verdict.

“We will certainly challenge this decision because we believe the class action claims in this case are without merit and without merit,” the league said in a statement. “We thank the jury for their time and service, as well as the guidance and supervision of Judge (Philip) Gutierrez throughout this process.”

You can read the full story from ESPN here.

And now for the rest of today’s notes:

• Welcome to Detroit, Michael Brandsegg-Nygård.

• Former NFL player Mark Schlereth had a lot of nice things to say about the Lions on the latest episode of his “Stinkin Truth Podcast.”

• More great content from the Lions social media team.

• In case you missed it, it looks like “Inside the Den” will give us a look inside Germany, where wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown played.