Though the taping of this week’s PFTV segments was not sold out, we have not yet implemented a blackout policy.
Some of you probably wish we would.
Here’s one about the ongoing blackout problem, for those of you who didn’t want to read the thing we wrote for SportingNews.com.
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It seems to me that the league ought to be lifting the blackout rules completely.
Can any owner honestly expect to have any portion of the cost of putting up a stadium publicly funded if the league is unwilling to lift the blackout rule?
This all seems to me to be one sided. The NFL may be the most popular sport, but that also means that they do have the potential to anger the largest fan base as well. It is bad enough that the NFL merchandise prices are so high.
The idea of moving a team to LA is ridiculous. What if they build a stadium and no one comes?
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Something seems smelly regarding the blackout rule when it comes to filling stadiums that are in any way funded by public money. Fans in cities with public funding of NFL stadiums (most or all!) should rebel against blackouts or any attempt to make them pay for a TV home game!
If Joe Taxpayer/Fan is paying to fund the stadium so the NFL Millionares Club can make max money out of it, why should the NFL be able to ever block a game broadcast to the very populace that owns a major interest in the Stadium???????
Millions of NFL fans have the power to change things …… perhaps it’s time to get Congress involved again since they screwed up and gave the NFL the right to block broadcasts over the (supposedly) public airways to the Public Joint Owners/Financers of the stadiums!!!
At a minimum, fans should insist that any public money deal for NFL stadiums must include a ban on blackouts !!!
This is a ridiculous policy. The NFL makes a fortune on its television contracts. The networks are not going to be happy if the home markets are blacked in a bunch of games.
Furthermore, how much correlation is there between buying tickets and watching it on t.v.
The NCAA used to limit television of games because it felt that t.v. would cannabalize people going to games. When thankfully their power to do this was thrown out by the courts it turned out that more games on t.v. created more interest and more demand and attendance didn’t suffer.
Blackouts can potentially harm franchises as well because people that cannot afford to watch them cannot form an attachment to them.
The blackout policy is totally antequated and needs to be addressed. If enough games get blacked out this year I will bank on a change next season.
soccer is the #1 sport in LA nowadays.
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i have to agree with skunkhead on this one. who in their right mind wants to go to the stadium? cost of parking… cost of booze/food inside the stadium… cost of tickets… being there… meet the human zoo… cant invite all yer friends (like ya can if u have an hd or bigscreen at home)…
football was made for tee vee. and if they make it impossible to watch on tee vee, it will be made for radio. or puter gamescan watching.
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dont get congress involved. they dont do the stuff they are supposed to do. and they do lots of stuff they shouldnt.