DieHardFan Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 There are two issues here. LOCAL blackouts and the FU'd situation with the Bill's blackout area when someone in the Utica market has their games blacked out. (CBS is served out of Syracuse, yet even Fox games from a local station are blacked out too). The area one should have been addressed years ago.
PromoTheRobot Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/08/19/why-the-congressional-black-caucus-is-urging-the-fcc-to-save-the-sports-blackout-rule/ I wonder how much they were paid off to do this?
CodeMonkey Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 http://www.washingto...-blackout-rule/ I wonder how much they were paid off to do this? Been a while since I have read an article with that much bull **** in it.
The Wiz Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 Been a while since I have read an article with that much bull **** in it. JBJ's statement couldn't have been that long ago.
Saint Doug Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 Been a while since I have read an article with that much bull **** in it. I know, really? The blackout rules help low income communities? If they're so concerned about low-income people watching football, then they should be speaking to the NFL - which is a US government sanctioned monopoly - about lowering ticket prices. Then we wouldn't have to worry about blackouts. Seriously, these are the people running our country?
CodeMonkey Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 JBJ's statement couldn't have been that long ago. A valid point, but I would have to give the nod to the politicians.
Beerball Posted September 2, 2014 Posted September 2, 2014 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/sports-fan-lobbyist-fights-nfl-blackouts-taxpayer-funded-stadiums-and-comcast/
BigBuff423 Posted September 2, 2014 Posted September 2, 2014 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/sports-fan-lobbyist-fights-nfl-blackouts-taxpayer-funded-stadiums-and-comcast/ A good read, thanks for sharing. And, some very legitimate and cogent arguments to be made against black-outs. At one point, I just chalked it up to "NFL business as usual" and gave up any hope that the black-outs would be lifted, but after seeing this and the reasoning and the ancillary consequences of the black-outs, I have hope that such a protocol will change.
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