FCC officially proposes removing its 40-year-old sports blackout rules

[Jimbo]

I wish they would lift the blackout for NFL games. Unless I want to stand around all game it's very expensive to go to a Cowboys game at the stadium. I got to go a few years ago because my brother in law had a free ticket. We were in the upper level (400) and the field was so tiny it was easier to follow the game on the big screen. The face value of that ticket was $70.

Thats not bad, for that money you get to watch a 60 yard TV screen

 

[dishcomm]

The whole sport blackout thing is archaic.
Here's an example of the lunacy...
Out of market games..
What difference does it make if a guy sitting in St. Louis wants to watch the Minnesota Twins play vs the Oakland A's?
Unless he subscribes to an expensive sports package, he can't see the game even though he subscribes to the channels that show those team's games.

 

[madmadworld]

with baseball even buying a sports package does not always help.