Ya i dont understand what they mean by it, i read there definition and it makes no sense to me. Can someone explain it in simple terms?
2006-10-21 07:38:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
This is the way I understand it...... if a game is not a sellout, local stations cannot air the game because there are available tickets. They feel if you want to see the game you should go buy a ticket and see it at the stadium. If everyone stayed home to watch, ticket sales would suffer.
2006-10-21 08:04:16 · answer #1 · answered by Georgia Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bingo to both the above answers.
If you don't sell a certain amount of tickets 72 hours before the game, the local stations does not air the game in that team's area. The Raiders are infamous for this, I haven't seen a Raiders home game in a while unless they are playing the 49ers or on Sunday or Monday Night Football.
Those games are not blacked out because ESPN and ABC buy up the tickets so that no blackout occurs.
2006-10-21 07:49:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congress legislated the blackout policy in 1973, as a two-year measure that stated that a game not sold out 72 hours before kickoff could not be shown in that market. (Before that act, no NFL games could be aired in local markets, period.)
After 1975, the NFL continued to adhere to the rules voluntarily, despite the fact that in the past decade, anywhere from 32 to 40 percent of games are blacked out each season, and despite the fact that the business of the NFL has changed dramatically, especially on the TV side.
The most recent NFL package cost CBS, ABC, Fox and ESPN a combined $17.6 billion. In the wake of the mammoth package, there was talk that Fox, in particular, was working to change the blackout rule. Nothing came of it, and officially, the networks have no opinion on the matter. A CBS spokesperson said, ``We will not discuss that on the record.''
In this stand, the NFL is alone. No other pro sports league is still under the impression that there is a link between attendance and television. In fact, TV is seen as the ultimate marketing tool.
2006-10-21 07:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by xwmstormx 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very good answers all around, although Packers fans don't know the meaning of the word. LOL. We should all live so long to see a Green Bay game blacked out.
I'm not a Packers fan...You just have to love a city that sells out every week regardless of how they're playing
2006-10-21 08:47:07 · answer #4 · answered by TJ's Dad 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it has to be a sellout 72 hours before the game is played
the blackout covers a 75-mile area
he's right about the congress passing
legislation
paul mccartney's concert in charlotte years ago on fox
almost wasn't shown there because of not selling out...
2006-10-21 08:16:16 · answer #5 · answered by strangebizarreman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blacked out means the game isn't televised in the home city until they sell a certain amount of tickets.
2006-10-21 07:41:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As I understand it, the game is blacked out unless the game sells out 72 hrs prior to game day.
2006-10-21 07:42:56 · answer #7 · answered by yipeee2k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Padrino should wish the Packers' games were blacked out, as bad as they suck.
2006-10-21 10:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋