Comments on: FCC to Review NFL’s Blackout Policy

By: TexansFan

TexansFan — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:59:12 +0000

Sold out Houston Rocket playoff games (during the Championship years) were blacked out for some unknown reasons.

By: BeerMan

BeerMan — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:54:59 +0000

/no homo

By: BeerMan

BeerMan — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:54:41 +0000

Utterly fabulous caption.

By: JDiddy3000

JDiddy3000 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:41:47 +0000

The NFL should review their horrible officiating.

Have they said anything about the horrible calls in the Packer game on Sunday yet?

Yeah, they said that if she just would have worn her Rodgers jersey and skipped the sparkles, we wouldn’t have to listen to all the Wisconsin bitching and moaning.

By: Urinal Mint

Urinal Mint — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:50:38 +0000

I still would gladly pay a reasonable fee if I could get a PPV broadcast of the cablecam/endzone cam for an NFL game. Pipe in the homer announcers and I will be in heaven.

By: ButtersBC

ButtersBC — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:35:28 +0000

Tell that to Bills fans!

I’m sure they’d kill for those days after their last decade

By: Babar 2.0

Babar 2.0 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:31:10 +0000

The Raiders happened to sell out every game this year, which is not a common occurrence. I wouldn’t mind paying an extra annual fee, or individual game fee on NFL Ticket, to get the broadcast of a blacked out local game.

I am OK with “free” too.

By: rondoman

rondoman — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:29:35 +0000

Better to come close to glory than not even be able to sniff it

Tell that to Bills fans!

By: AzCatLV

AzCatLV — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:29:21 +0000

How about they discuss MLB’s? I live in SW Iowa, 2.5 hours from the closest stadium (KC) and am blacked out from the following teams:

Amen. I live in Vegas and I have yet to find the limit of what is blacked out. Arizona and Colorado teams definitely are, NorCal teams too (though not always). The problem is it seems that most midwestern teams are blacked out as well. Particularly irksome are Cleveland Indians games being blacked out. dubya-tee-eff. What a terrible, unfunny joke.

By: ButtersBC

ButtersBC — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:27:10 +0000

Been a tough autumn/winter in Wisconsin. Brewers, Packers, Badgers.

Better to come close to glory than not even be able to sniff it…save any pity for Ohio

By: Quietgoesthedon

Quietgoesthedon — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:24:24 +0000

The NFL should review their horrible officiating.

Have they said anything about the horrible calls in the Packer game on Sunday yet?

Been a tough autumn/winter in Wisconsin. Brewers, Packers, Badgers.

By: rondoman

rondoman — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:23:25 +0000

Under the current policy, though, if the home market is blacked out, you also lose access to the game on the Sunday Ticket package, the price of which is higher than tickets an NFL home game.

While this is true you are comparing the price of ONE NFL home game to the price of a SEASON of NFL Sunday Ticket.

By: Breesus

Breesus — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:21:19 +0000

The last time I can remember ESPN not consistently blocking out the Astros was when we had clemens and Pettite. Coincidentally, or not, that was the last time we were relevant as a team too.

That’s because they got Wed And Sun games back then, when ESPN has the game exclusively, I believe

By: rondoman

rondoman — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:21:01 +0000

The NFL should review their horrible officiating.

Have they said anything about the horrible calls in the Packer game on Sunday yet?

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:18:10 +0000

Under the current policy, though, if the home market is blacked out, you also lose access to the game on the Sunday Ticket package, the price of which is higher than tickets an NFL home game.

Clarification: said blacked out game on Sunday Ticket is only blacked out in the home market. For example, if a Bucs game is blacked out (usually is), that game on Sunday Ticket is only blacked out in the Bucs' primary and secondary TV markets. The rest of the country can watch said game.

By: ms621

ms621 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:03:49 +0000

Dr. Tom, I remember Astros and Rangers games being blacked out in Louisiana growing up. It’s no wonder there are so many Braves and Yankees fans down here.

The last time I can remember ESPN not consistently blocking out the Astros was when we had clemens and Pettite. Coincidentally, or not, that was the last time we were relevant as a team too.

By: Jason Lisk

Jason Lisk — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:03:01 +0000

How about they discuss MLB’s? I live in SW Iowa, 2.5 hours from the closest stadium (KC) and am blacked out from the following teams:

My understanding is that such a revision might apply to all sports, though football is the most notable and most vocal opponent.

By: Breesus

Breesus — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:59:34 +0000

Dr. Tom, I remember Astros and Rangers games being blacked out in Louisiana growing up. It’s no wonder there are so many Braves and Yankees fans down here.

By: Quietgoesthedon

Quietgoesthedon — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:58:08 +0000

Baseball’s media policies are archaic. Selig still thinks most pictures are developed from film.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7468068/charles-p-pierce-new-england-patriots-denver-broncos-divisional-playoff-game

Simmons….taking proxy pot shots at his employers. The man loves to hate himself.

By: Breesus

Breesus — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:57:16 +0000

I’d rather see them bust the directv/Sunday ticket monopoly. I had directv and it went out in every thunderstorm. I don’t like their service.

But yeah, denying games to 2 million people because 5000 tickets weren’t sold is not a good idea, especially when they buy millions of dollars in apparel and other goods.