Blackout Policy Suspended for 2015 Season

[Lhalo]

Not that it really matters to anyone living in SoCal.

 

http://www.wkbw.com/sports/bills/report-nfl-to-suspend-blackout-policy-for-2015-season

 

[Brandon]

Bummer.

I had a better chance of seeing Chiefs games because SD would black out. At least I get to see the Qualcomm game with the Arrowhead game this year.

[nando714]

Bucs jags raiders rams and bolt fans rejoice

[gotbeer]

First move in a team in LA?  Because the past suggests, that maybe they know they can't sell out here.  And it would suck to black out the second biggest market in the country.  

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Are you paying attention, MLB?

 

Blackouts had already been proven years ago to be ineffective for the purpose for which they were invented - preserving ticket sales in the local market for games not already sold out. About time that at least one major sports league saw the folly in blackouts. All they do is keep people from watching your games and kill interest.

Edited March 26, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[gotbeer]

Are you paying attention, MLB?

 

Blackouts had already been proven years ago to be ineffective for the purpose for which they were invented - preserving ticket sales in the local market for games not already sold out. About time that at least one major sports league saw the folly in blackouts. All they do is keep people from watching your games and kill interest.

 

I don't think the NHL has blackouts.  They just put it on channels that not everyone has.  Just like the Doggies.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Bucs jags raiders rams and bolt fans rejoice

 

In the case of Jacksonville, attendance has been down because the team has been bad. Also, the stadium was built much larger than it normally would have been the case for a city that size because of Georgia-Florida and the Gator Bowl Game.

 

In the past, local businesses sometimes bought the remaining tickets so that the game would be televised locally.

[OregonLAA]

Yep. I am blocked out from A's, Mariners and Giant games. Wtf is that? So this year I am blacked out for over 40 games. That's 1/4 of the games I pay for on MLB.TV. It's stupid. I don't understand the point

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I'll see your three teams and raise you three. Teams in our MLB blackout area in Las Vegas:

 

Dodgers

Angels

Giants

Athletics

Padres

Diamondbacks

 

Precisely why I haven't spent a dime on MLB.TV or MLB Extra Innings since I was once duped by their promise of all of these out-of-market games. At the time I had no idea that they considered 20 percent of MLB "in market" even though I'm more than four hours from the nearest MLB stadium.

[nando714]

Being in Vegas and Oregon (I'm assuming) how the heck do you watch these teams ?

[TeemuTrout]

Bucs jags raiders rams and bolt fans rejoice

Hey now, there was a time when Sun Devil Stadium was getting only 20k people.

[nando714]

Hey now, there was a time when Sun Devil Stadium was getting only 20k people.

I remember those days. when I lived there for a little bit I used to get into games for 10 bucks

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Being in Vegas and Oregon (I'm assuming) how the heck do you watch these teams ?

 

Essentially you don't, unless they happen to be on the local Fox network. They even black out replays of spring training games. It's pretty sad when you can't get the telecast on the MLB Network, but it happens pretty often.