The decision, five weeks after a jury awarded $4.7 billion in damages in an antitrust case, is a reprieve for the league. Football, Television, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Decisions and Verdicts, Compensation for Damages (Law), Suits and Litigation (Civil), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), National Football League, DirecTV, Gutierrez, Philip S The decision, five weeks after a jury awarded $4.7 billion in damages in an antitrust case, is a reprieve for the league. NYT > Business