Is it time for the NFL to get rid of the Blackout Rule?

[hankmoody]

http://www.mediaaccess.or...ft-sports-blackout-rule/

"'Sunday’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers game against the Houston Texans will be blacked out locally, marking the 8th blackout this season in the NFL and the 4th in Tampa Bay,

 

[sohi 23]

I been rooting for the Raiders for like 10 years, I live less than an hour from the stadium and still never been to a game.
*shrug* Just dont have the means to spend $ on a NFL event.

 

[mronegative]

I'm from the East Coast, what's a "black-out."

 

[jordanxi45]

Fantastic rule

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[scotthallwithapick]

Originally Posted by dland24

Originally Posted by zube42

As much as I love the bay, we have some of the wackest/dumbest sports fans here. Both Oakland and SF. I work at the Raiders team store and 9er fans have been trying to come in talking #$%% like crazy this year but last year y'all would just walk by quietly. That's not to say I don't deal with ******ed Raiders fans at work frequently too. I honestly never cared about the rivalry that much because they're not even in the AFC but y'all will complain about how much of !**%* Raiders fans are then proceed to go off when you become relevant again. You guys sucked %@$ as long as we did and yes both teams are looking better this year. Accept it.

The hell does this have to do with the topic?

 

[scotthallwithapick]

What I don't get is wouldn't the team make money if they showed the games (CBS/Fox packages and advertisements?)

 

[dmbrhs]

Originally Posted by ScottHallWithAPick

What I don't get is wouldn't the team make money if they showed the games (CBS/Fox packages and advertisements?)

They make money through the revenue sharing system provided by the national TV contracts. They get all that money regardless of whether a game is blacked out or not. Honestly, the biggest losers in a blacked out NFL game are local advertisers.

 

[adrian1221]

speaking of overpriced stuff, in my old phone i took a picture of Oggy's pizza at the chargers game being 50 dollars for an entire pizza