Does anyone know how much the media (print, TV, radio, etc.) hauls in revenue-wise from football (or any pro or college stadium sport) every year?
It is millions upon millions of dollars.
It would be interesting to view a national football game with empty stands. No concessionaires, no cheering, just dead silence as a leery, freaked-out public stays away from stadiums in droves because of bomb scares.
Many colleges and universities would go under with no athletic department revenue.
Pres. Boren understands this well. So should we.
This is your answer to "why" there's a news blackout.
Leni
I agree that there are many excuses for suppressing a free press.
Exactly. Same reason that jet that crashed in Queens a few years ago 'wasn't terrorist related'.
But when Freepers who are interested in national security over money try to get to the truth, we're just wild-eyed psychos.
Just curious what blogbloggin has heard. His post was one of the first when this was breaking because his wife was in the stadium when this happened.