Comments on: Senator who criticized blackout policy applauds NFL’s decision

By: steelcityrapist

steelcityrapist — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 04:22:33 +0000

Ravenaterd is a joke!
Baltimore is a slum city.
BELIEVE.

By: bearcat221

bearcat221 — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:13:15 +0000

Hey Latchbeam

You, Mike Brown, and all the other evil bloated swine out there are lucky to be freely walking the streets of this fair nation.

By: latchbeam

latchbeam — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:07:38 +0000

Sherrod Brown is a giant dbag!!

By: SmurfJuice

SmurfJuice — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:06:53 +0000

“Ticket prices have climbed in recent years, from an average $72.20 in 2008 to $77.34 last year, according to Team Marketing Report. Along with the ticket, the average NFL beer is now $7.20, a hot dog is $4.77 and parking costs $25.77.” (Source: WallStreet Journal)

Ticket, parking, hot dog, and a beer at the stadium my taxes helped finance: $115.08

My couch, my garage, a pack of hot dogs, and TWELVE beers: $20.

Figure it out NFL, true fans are tired of the spiraling costs. We’re not paying for corporate sleazebags (who we JUST bailed out!) to schmooze.

By: SmurfJuice

SmurfJuice — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:01:02 +0000

Or perhaps someone will finally figure out that the average fan doesn’t need WiFi, sushi bars, and lavish corporate suites.

We would rather watch the damn game, and not pay out the ass for the posh crowd that can’t name a single defensive player.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:29:36 +0000

Scrap the idiotic blackout policy completely. There is no other business in the world where the company denies their product to their customers just because not enough is sold.

The fans have spoken. The economy is bad and the product is waaaaaaaaaaaay too expensive.

By: icdogg

icdogg — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:52:05 +0000

Hasn’t the blackout policy mostly been a strong-arm technique to get the local TV station to fork out money to buy up unsold tickets?

By: inthezone4

inthezone4 — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:49:15 +0000

Ravenator! or should i say raven troll! Why not go and mind your buisness. Go check out your gay mascot. A raven! lol! The ravens choke year in and year out. They beat the giants years ago. Congrats for that but that was a long time ago.

By: jumpman2325

jumpman2325 — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:47:51 +0000

Why not have a rule that doesn’t allow blackouts at all, for teams that are still paying back their respective states or counties. It’s certainly not fair for any citizen to be forced to have money taken out of their check, and then told they can’t watch the team they are helping stay. Unless, they have roughly 150-200 dollars per person going. I’m not a lawyer, so maybe what I’m saying makes no sense. Just a thought.

By: pantherpro

pantherpro — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:40:05 +0000

Cincy is dump

Go Niners

By: benchwarmer69

benchwarmer69 — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:09:32 +0000

In Tampa, taxes paid for RJS. Yet, if they haven’t sold enough tickets, surrounding people who paid that tax cannot see the game via tv.

I always thought that was crap.

They make enough money through media that they really don’t even need the fans in the stands anymore.

In all honesty, they should probably lower the standard even more. Maybe 75%?

By: redrocker77

redrocker77 — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:48:51 +0000

Didn’t the Bengals average 49,000 last year? Is that 85 % of the stadium capacity? I doubt it. More blackouts unless they get some butts in the seats.

By: morgan420

morgan420 — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:45:45 +0000

This is excellent! WHO-DEY BABY WHO-DEY!!!!!!!!!

By: mike5011ad

mike5011ad — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:36:33 +0000

That would be a ballsy move by Brown, considering the fans sitting at home paid for the stadium with their own tax dollars. They paid for it, they should be able to watch the games from wherever they want.

By: txxxchief

txxxchief — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:16:41 +0000

I could not agree more. Blackouts should not be allowed in markets where public funds were used to build the stadiums. The NFL should also scrap the rules that forbid the broadcast of games on other networks when local games are being played.

By: ravenator

ravenator — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:46:31 +0000

Bengal fans are a joke. One losing season and the bandwagon fans jump off screaming. One winning season and they huff and puff their chests as if they actually mean something to the NFL. AFCN belongs to the Ravens, the rest of you can fall in line.