Pub In Tampa Defies NFL's TV Blackout Rules

An Irish pub in Tampa, Florida, used a live web feed to show the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ game against the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers, the Tampa Tribune reported Monday. O’Brien's Irish Pub & Grill defied the NFL’s blackout policy by displaying the web-based feed on TVs throughout the bar. The NFL’s blackout law requires home games to be sold out 72 hours before kickoff in order for them to air live on local television stations. The NFL is looking into the matter further to determine whether owner Bernie O’Brien infringed the league’s copyright. The pub reportedly pulled in approximately 200 customers Sunday and O’Brien told the Tampa Tribune his was not the only local establishment working its way around the blackouts.

Source: FOXSports.com

 

That is going to be one helluva fine!

 

And I'm sure it was worth it!

 

It wasn't on local television stations, so heck off NFL.

 

Probably about 5 of the 200 actually watched the game.

 

:icon_rolleyes:

That's the best you could come up with? Pretty freaking stoopid.

 

Yeah, I should have thought it through a bit more and realized that 5 was too high.

 

Is Ronnie saying 10 fans? My bad.

 

NFL only care about money, not about the fans

http://gridironfans.com/forums/general-football-discussion/141265-nfl-taking-legal-action-against-bars-showing.html

 

Guess the Steeler fans in TB wanted to watch the game.

 

The NFL will probably crack down harder on games getting streamed on the internet making it harder for me to see the raiders thanks rodweeds

 

NFL <<<<<< Internet

There's nothing the league will be able to do to individuals, and if the government really wanted to systematically clean up the internet, I think there's a few things that would be higher on the priority list. You'll be fine, establishments showing them in public are a whole lot easier to go after than a guy and his IP address.