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Apparently, several teams could face "blackouts" this year, and I'm not talking about their starters or rosters, but about attendance:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=tsn-167021&bcmt=4930862#mwpphu-comment-4928241
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As the start of the NFL regular season draws near, at least 11 teams could be facing TV blackouts in their home markets,
USA Today reports.
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NFL rules require games be blacked out in the home
market if they are not sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff. The league,
according to the newspaper, had 22 games blacked out last year, a
five-year high. Five teams, all of which had losing records, were part
of the blackouts last season:
Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders and the St. Louis Rams.
Tampa Bay is preparing for a possible Week 1 blackout, as team
spokesman Jonathan Grella told USA Today that the Buccaneers are "grappling with the attendance issue."
Since March, Buccaneers officials have mentioned the possibility of
blackouts after last season's 3-13 record. The Tampa Tribune notes, "a
struggling Florida economy and uneasiness about the team's direction
have contributed to the lack of ticket sales."
The newspaper notes three 2009 playoff teams could face blackouts,
including the Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals and San Diego Chargers.
Reasons vary for why certain teams face blackouts, including a down
economy, quality of the viewing experience in fans' homes and sustained
poor performance.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell isn't likely to change the blackout
rules any time soon. He told the newspaper: "We worked hard last year
knowing what our customers are going through. I think the teams have
done a terrific job on that. I'm optimistic that we're going to be able
to hopefully improve that number (of 22 blackouts in 2009)."
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They are certainly starting to chew around the edges as to why this is happening, but they won't go the full "nine yards", so to speak.
If it weren't for the creation of "Fantasy Football" over the past 15 years or so, this National Farce League would've been defunct a long time ago.
Edited by: Highlander
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=tsn-167021&bcmt=4930862#mwpphu-comment-4928241
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<h1 property="dc:title">Several NFL teams could face
blackouts this season</h1>
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SportingNews <em property="dc:issued">6 hours, 4 minutes ago[/i]
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As the start of the NFL regular season draws near, at least 11 teams could be facing TV blackouts in their home markets,
USA Today reports.
<div id="sidebar">
</div>
NFL rules require games be blacked out in the home
market if they are not sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff. The league,
according to the newspaper, had 22 games blacked out last year, a
five-year high. Five teams, all of which had losing records, were part
of the blackouts last season:
Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders and the St. Louis Rams.
Tampa Bay is preparing for a possible Week 1 blackout, as team
spokesman Jonathan Grella told USA Today that the Buccaneers are "grappling with the attendance issue."
Since March, Buccaneers officials have mentioned the possibility of
blackouts after last season's 3-13 record. The Tampa Tribune notes, "a
struggling Florida economy and uneasiness about the team's direction
have contributed to the lack of ticket sales."
The newspaper notes three 2009 playoff teams could face blackouts,
including the Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals and San Diego Chargers.
Reasons vary for why certain teams face blackouts, including a down
economy, quality of the viewing experience in fans' homes and sustained
poor performance.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell isn't likely to change the blackout
rules any time soon. He told the newspaper: "We worked hard last year
knowing what our customers are going through. I think the teams have
done a terrific job on that. I'm optimistic that we're going to be able
to hopefully improve that number (of 22 blackouts in 2009)."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They are certainly starting to chew around the edges as to why this is happening, but they won't go the full "nine yards", so to speak.
If it weren't for the creation of "Fantasy Football" over the past 15 years or so, this National Farce League would've been defunct a long time ago.
Edited by: Highlander
