BillnutinHouston Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 I caught this at the end of the article below. WTF is this? Anybody know? http://www.azcentral.com/sports/cardinals/...4saints-ON.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 It doesn't seem like the NFL would allow that. Although I guess if they weren't allowed to even "try" to sell those seats, they might let them get away with it. I've never heard of it berfore, and it seems kind of fishy to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Tate Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 It's true; Jacksonville was a controversial pick for an NFL market from the get-go. I didn't know they were still doing that this year, but they have in the past with the NFL's OK. Their stadium is pretty big (about 77,000) for the market area (somewhere over 700,000 - big enough with solid support, but certainly not a large market). College football is a much bigger draw down here than the NFL; they increase the capacity to 80,000 with bleachers for the Gator bowl and sell out. Last year they blocked off 10,000 seats. Not saying it's right or wrong; here's one opinion piece on the Jax blackout issue. Their home opener sold over 65,000 tickets; would've been over 10,000 short of a sellout. That was an improvement over the last couple years of mid-50k average attendance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasBB Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 If they rope off seats, then I hope it's for the entire season regardless of how popular any one individual game is. That's only fair. And what about Al Davis trying to get seats eliminated in the Coliseum when he was in LA -- the NFL didn't want to hear about it then. What makes Jax special? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobot Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 Why wouldn't every team in the NFL do this on Wednesdays to avoid the blackout rule on Thursdays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofiba Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 Why wouldn't every team in the NFL do this on Wednesdays to avoid the blackout rule on Thursdays? 452709[/snapback] It probably has to be done for the whole year, not week to week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finknottle Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 Why wouldn't every team in the NFL do this on Wednesdays to avoid the blackout rule on Thursdays? 452709[/snapback] ??? The individual teams are the ones that want the rule! It benefits them directly, not the league. (It's just bad local PR to advertise that fact.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 What is the difference in this and Ralph giving away a couple thousand tickets and the game then being televised. I don't see one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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