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Re:Is The NFL Keeping Cable/Satellite Companies In The TV Bu... by lotusleaf1987 on Monday December 06, 2010 @06:32PM (#1977291)
But what about blackouts? When the team stadium sales are below x% they aren't allowed to broadcast the game at all, in order to theoretically drive more ticket sales.
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Re:Is The NFL Keeping Cable/Satellite Companies In The TV Bu... by vsprabhakara1 on Monday December 06, 2010 @07:21PM (#1977448)
True, but blackouts are relatively rare in the NFL, unless its 2009 and you're the Raiders. In fact, the Chargers were about 1,000 tickets away from a blackout earlier this year, and posted this on their Twitter account, and quickly sold enough tickets.
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Re:Is The NFL Keeping Cable/Satellite Companies In The TV Bu... by axomhacker on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @12:37AM (#1978135)
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2010-09-06-nfl-t...

"Last year's blackouts were confined to five teams, all of which had losing records: the Jacksonville Jaguars (seven blackouts, seven wins); Detroit Lions (four blackouts, two wins); Kansas City Chiefs (one blackout, four wins); Oakland Raiders (seven blackouts, five wins); and St. Louis Rams (three blackouts, one win)."

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