Most people weighing in on a sports blackout rule are urging the Federal Communications Commission to scrap it. The FCC has received about 140 comments, and an overwhelming majority favors the petition. That doesn't count nearly 3,500 the Sports Fans Coalition also sent in from people clicking an email on the group's website urging that the rule be repealed. Five Democratic senators filed comments with the FCC Monday urging it to reform the sports blackout rule. "These blackouts are ruining the experience of rooting for the home team and are unjustly hurting fans," wrote Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. "That many of these stadiums were constructed or remodeled using taxpayer dollars underscores the disservice done to fans by blackouts." They called the NFL's blackout policy "a relic of a different time" and said it was time for it to end. Source: Associated Press
There has never been anything on GIF that has been more true than this statement above...:icon_thumright:
I still don't completely understand why these agencies don't update their rules EVERY year, or at least every 2 or 3 years. The blackout rule is STUPID and it doesn't make me want to spend 90 bucks to sit at the top of an stadium and watch the big TV screen anyway. End it buttholes.
The biggest slap in the face is its us the tax payers funding a big part of the stadiums in the first place. Not all of us have $60-90 to spend on nose bleed seats, $25 parking and $12 for a beer. Give us a freaking break and let raiders fans watch the game. ;)
