HoosierCat Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 The NFL is "suspending" its blackout policy for 2015./>http://www.wsj.com/articles/nfl-to-suspend-blackout-policy-1427134699After they lost the fig leaf of the FCC, I figured there would never be a blackout again because now they couldn't blame it on an evil big gubmint rule. Looks like things are headed in that direction.Good move, IMO. Ticket revenues are mostly just gravy at this point anyhow. All the big $$$ is in the TV rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJJackson Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 W O O T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted March 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Vote was 31 ayes, 1 nay.Three guess who the lone no vote was... (hint: __ike __rown) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Vote was 31 ayes, 1 nay.Three guess who the lone no vote was... (hint: __ike __rown)I read why he voted against it and I don't disagree with him to be honest.He is for the lifting of the blackout rule, but didn't like how they tied it into revenue.It appeared to hit the small market teams harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Ehhh...it doesn't seem likely to matter. I was looking at the attendance numbers on ESPN today and the Bengals have only dipped below the 85% mark once in the past seven seasons (that's as far back as their numbers went). That was in 2011 when everyone thought they'd win 1-2 games. And still they hit 75%. Last three years they've been well over 90%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walrus Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Ehhh...it doesn't seem likely to matter. I was looking at the attendance numbers on ESPN today and the Bengals have only dipped below the 85% mark once in the past seven seasons (that's as far back as their numbers went). That was in 2011 when everyone thought they'd win 1-2 games. And still they hit 75%. Last three years they've been well over 90%.Seems like Mikey wishes to insulate himself from the ire of the fans, should the natives of the WDR get restless again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Well, that isn't necessarily a bad thing, is it? If The Family has to pay a scant bit more attention to fielding a competitive team in order to avoid paying a bit more into the shared tix till, everyone wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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