The National Football League is watering down its controversial TV "blackout" rule, which restricts local broadcasts for games that aren't sellouts, Kevin Clark of the Wall Street Journal reports.
Blackouts were meant to encourage ticket sales, but the strict guidelines are now looking outdated.
Some teams want freedom to add stadium capacity without risking blackouts. And blackouts are rare anyway, occurring in only 16 of last season's 256 regular-season games, partly because some team owners and sponsors buy up unsold seats to get blackouts lifted.
Team owners have passed a resolution that starting this season will allow for local broadcasts of NFL games even when as few as 85% of tickets are sold. Under the new rule, each team has more flexibility to establish its own seat-sales benchmark as long as it is 85% or higher. To discourage teams from setting easy benchmarks, teams will be forced to share more of the revenue when they exceed it.
Because of slumping stadium attendance, long-standing season-ticket waiting lists have disappeared in several cities. Full-season tickets are readily available on the websites of 20 of the league's 32 teams.
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 10:21 AM
get rid of blackouts.
open up sunday ticket to all cable systems.
Until then, please NFL stop telling us you care about the fans. Cause you dont.
open up sunday ticket to all cable systems.
Until then, please NFL stop telling us you care about the fans. Cause you dont.
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 06:49 PM
what the hell did i do?
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 02:10 PM
also installing wifi for every seat and allowing fake crowd noise. Go Roger!
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 05:38 PM
just saw today the the nfl is worried about sales due to the home experience being so much better these days
they may offer a wi-fi based audio feed for fans at the game where they can listen in to mic'd up players
yeah
still not going to deal with drunks and traffic and $10 beers to hear ray lewis yell at sanchez
they may offer a wi-fi based audio feed for fans at the game where they can listen in to mic'd up players
yeah
still not going to deal with drunks and traffic and $10 beers to hear ray lewis yell at sanchez
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 07:35 PM
They finally re grasping that your couch or local gin mill is almost certainly a more pleasant experience. And way cheaper. Jets/Giants Sheetbox Stadium despite great expense is arguably a less pleasant experience in every way spare the sight lines, and then only if you're down in the first 2 decks. What I hear week after week is everyone now knows the PSL was a ripoff.just saw today the the nfl is worried about sales due to the home experience being so much better these days
they may offer a wi-fi based audio feed for fans at the game where they can listen in to mic'd up players
yeah
still not going to deal with drunks and traffic and $10 beers to hear ray lewis yell at sanchez
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 08:04 PM
They finally re grasping that your couch or local gin mill is almost certainly a more pleasant experience. And way cheaper. Jets/Giants Sheetbox Stadium despite great expense is arguably a less pleasant experience in every way spare the sight lines, and then only if you're down in the first 2 decks. What I hear week after week is everyone now knows the PSL was a ripoff.
The new stadium was a colossal waste of money.
If you're not sitting in the lower level there really is no point in going.
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