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Get the dish.
1 posted on 01/13/2012 4:53:14 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

I would like tickets that didn’t cost a small fortune to go watch the local thugs and rapists who make living wearing purple and gold.


2 posted on 01/13/2012 5:01:30 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Libloather

The administration must have figured out a way of raising funds “in consideration”.


3 posted on 01/13/2012 5:03:15 PM PST by the_Watchman
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the NFL said. "Teams continue to work hard to sell tickets, including offering installment payment plans, group ticket sales and price flexibility."

Is this April Fools' Day?
4 posted on 01/13/2012 5:03:41 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: Libloather

The federal govt. had no constitutional authority to regulate this in the first place...unless, I suppose, it was a copyright issue.


5 posted on 01/13/2012 5:04:06 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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The Dish blacks out games if you have a team in your viewing area. I am not in favor of this even though I live in Florida and would love to see my Minnesota Twins on the Dish. This is just a play to fans because they vote and would hurt the franchises. In Florida fan support for pro teams are terrible already this would make it worse.


6 posted on 01/13/2012 5:07:04 PM PST by vicar7 ("Polls are for strippers and cross-country skiers" Sarah Palin)
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Dropping the rule would have the most effect on the National Football League, which requires broadcasters to black out games if the local team does not sell out the stadium.

This "rule" hasn't been honored for a long time. The Jets and the Giants aren't always (really) sold out anymore. But the games here in the NYC market are always broadcast on regular TV.

ML/NJ

7 posted on 01/13/2012 5:11:53 PM PST by ml/nj
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In a statement, the NFL noted that it is the only sports league that broadcasts all of its regular season and playoff games on local television.

............for now.

8 posted on 01/13/2012 5:12:58 PM PST by Roccus (The GOP is just the sandbox that conservatives are allowed to play in...............for now.)
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The league blacked out 16 games in 2011, down from 26 last season.

Probably because Oakland started winning this season.

-PJ

9 posted on 01/13/2012 5:15:55 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
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I remember stories of the broadcast blackout where the December 23rd, 1972 game of the Steelers vs. The Raiders, where the Immaculate Reception occurred, was not televised on local stations. However, I’ve heard many stories where there was quite a few people who tried to pull in the game from WJAC-TV in Johnstown, PA, one guy said he sat in his attic using a 1940’s era TV with rabbit ears.


10 posted on 01/13/2012 5:28:31 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Holodeck Computer: End Obama Administration simulation program, NOW!!!!)
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The rule is meant to encourage fans to buy tickets to see the game live.

Right, because encouraging citizens to buy tickets to see games live is definitely a vital government function. Absolutely ridiculous example of government pandering to a special interest group.
14 posted on 01/13/2012 6:40:56 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Libloather

This sounds like a ploy to get brain dead football fanatics to swallow every other poison pill the FCC wants to shove down our throats.


17 posted on 01/13/2012 6:56:41 PM PST by infidel29 (Since 0bama is NOT a uniter, can we change the acronym to just plain P.O.S.?)
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