The Tomcat Posted June 30, 2011 Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) Nice link...thanks "gut the purpose of the rule and create perverse incentives for MVPDs to engage in brinksmanship tactics in order to take advantage of the proposed exception. :blink: What in hell does that mean? lol!! I'll take this moment to actually learn something today lol! Brinkmanship is the practice of pushing dangerous events to the verge of disaster in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome. It occurs in international politics, foreign policy, labour relations, and (in contemporary settings) military strategy involving the threatened use of nuclear weapons. This maneuver of pushing a situation with the opponent to the brink succeeds by forcing the opponent to back down and make concessions. This might be achieved through diplomatic maneuvers by creating the impression that one is willing to use extreme methods rather than concede. During the Cold War, the threat of nuclear force was often used as such an escalating measure. Adolf Hitler also used brinkmanship conspicuously during his rise to power. - Per Wikipedia... whew....that made my head hurt. Edited June 30, 2011 by The Tomcat
CodeMonkey Posted June 30, 2011 Posted June 30, 2011 The league proceeded to put an even finer point on it, saying a waiver would hurt the consumers it was advertised as helping and would "gut the purpose of the rule and create perverse incentives for MVPDs to engage in brinksmanship tactics in order to take advantage of the proposed exception." Rather than helping fans, the only constituency that removing the blackout would favor would be pay-TV providers, the league said. What a load of ****.
AthensThunder Posted July 3, 2011 Posted July 3, 2011 Maybe the FCC can pay the taxes that the people in the county pay for the upkeep of The Ralph. That way they would have a ligitimate claim on the power to "black out " a game to THE PEOPLE .
Nanker Posted July 3, 2011 Posted July 3, 2011 Admittedly, this link adds little to the general discussion on the topic at hand. I just liked the pic of the young lady in the header.
8-8 Forever? Posted July 3, 2011 Posted July 3, 2011 Maybe the FCC can pay the taxes that the people in the county pay for the upkeep of The Ralph. That way they would have a ligitimate claim on the power to "black out " a game to THE PEOPLE . oh, please. think it through. Ralph pays a hefty rent to use the Ralph for games. The taxes used to upkeep the Ralph are more than offset by the rent the team pays to use the stadium. THE PEOPLE make money off the stadium. Man, bills fans are not too bright. Further the ticket money Ralph gets from a full stadium (at the lowest ticket price in the league, BTW), which is supported by the blackout policy, is part of what keeps the team in the area in the first place. The TV money is not much effected by whether stadium full or not. Gate receipts, merchandise, parking is. bigtime. So, no blackout rule, less fans in stadium, less revenue for owner, owner thinks twice about having team in city (and paying rent to use the stadium), you take it from there... you are typical WNYer, you think you are entitled to the bills, that they are a public good of some kind..pal you need to fight to keep the Bills with your pocketbook, or else someone else will take them from you. this is america, not France.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted July 3, 2011 Posted July 3, 2011 Maybe the FCC can pay the taxes that the people in the county pay for the upkeep of The Ralph. That way they would have a ligitimate claim on the power to "black out " a game to THE PEOPLE . oh, please. think it through. Ralph pays a hefty rent to use the Ralph for games. The taxes used to upkeep the Ralph are more than offset by the rent the team pays to use the stadium. THE PEOPLE make money off the stadium. Man, bills fans are not too bright. Further the ticket money Ralph gets from a full stadium (at the lowest ticket price in the league, BTW), which is supported by the blackout policy, is part of what keeps the team in the area in the first place. The TV money is not much effected by whether stadium full or not. Gate receipts, merchandise, parking is. bigtime. So, no blackout rule, less fans in stadium, less revenue for owner, owner thinks twice about having team in city (and paying rent to use the stadium), you take it from there... you are typical WNYer, you think you are entitled to the bills, that they are a public good of some kind..pal you need to fight to keep the Bills with your pocketbook, or else someone else will take them from you. this is america, not France. You're wrong about "Ralph paying a hefty rent to use the stadium. The Bills use the facility virtually rent-free and in fact, make revenue off any events held at the stadium. The Bills are only obligated to pay 50% of any Net Ticket Revenue exceeding the NFL's average Net Ticket Revenue. That has never happened. In addition, the county pays for the maintenance and upkeep of the stadium and the county and state paid for improvements to the stadium. The team even owns the naming rights. The Bills use of the stadium and its ample facilities is an example of a public subsidy for a private enterprise. Very few of us object to that because we view the Bills as a community asset but again, the Bills pay zero rent.
jr1 Posted July 3, 2011 Posted July 3, 2011 NFL asks FCC to force fans to buy tickets when their team is playing last place teams in bad weather
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