The Washington at St. Louis game is being blacked out in the St. Louis area after it failed to sell out. Is a blackout a way of penalizing a city for not supporting a team? I have never understood this.
2006-12-21 14:19:38 · 12 answers · asked by Jeffrey S 6 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
BTW, I'm from Northern NY state, I have no rooting interest in St. Louis, I'm just curious.
2006-12-21 14:26:07 · update #1
The league makes more money selling 70,000 tickets than from TV ad revenues attributable to 70,000 TV viewers, so the league would rather you buy a ticket than stay home and watch TV. The blackout is the NFL's way of strong-arming people into buying tickets and, yes, penalizing them for not.
Now, the amazing scam is that the TV networks go along with it and the government permits it. The practice should really be illegal.
2006-12-21 14:26:38 · answer #1 · answered by KevinStud99 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its the same reason the NHL does it, blacking out games will put more people in the seats because they'll want to see their team play. If games sold out week after week there would be no need for a blackout, which is why its rare in the NFL because most teams, even the crappy ones, can sell out games.
2006-12-21 16:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose the NFL believes that die-hard fans will pay up the next time and attend the game in person if they blackout the game. It's always about revenue.
2006-12-21 14:23:38 · answer #3 · answered by Turnhog 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The idea is to sell game tickets. Local fans are more likely to go to the game if they cannot watch it on TV.
2006-12-21 22:52:41 · answer #4 · answered by exbuilder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is to encourage more people to attend the game in hopes of eventually selling out the stadium.
2006-12-21 14:24:59 · answer #5 · answered by afbrat65 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From what I've heard it was originally done so that TV viewers wouldn't hurt ticket sales.
2006-12-22 05:00:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it tries to force people to buy tickets. to see the game.
sometimes local businesses will buy blocks of tickets. then it gets shown on tv. and the business gets pub
2006-12-21 14:25:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah, more or less the idea is that if its blacked out more people will go to the game
2006-12-21 14:24:04 · answer #8 · answered by rabdcow72 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to get people to go to the games instead of setting at home watching the game.....
2006-12-21 14:26:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2016-05-23 11:26:35 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋