 So the easy answer is no because the NFL is appealing. They haven't had to pay the money out. It changes. Check back with us if the NFL does end up paying the money out. Here's why. If it's just the $4.8 billion, should the NFL end up having to pay damages, it would cost each member of the cartel. It's like a drug cartel, but in this case a football cartel. It would cost each member of the cartel approximately $449 million. Every team would have to pay.