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by dylan604 656 days ago
What part of every single game did you not understand?

Even if you have an HD antenna, there are black out rules so that if not enough tickets are sold for the game, the game will not be broadcast in the local area. I'm guessing that's pretty rare now, but it was part of my childhood for the extended family to go the family's lake cabin to see the game on TV. Never did anyone actually go to the game contributing to the feedback loop
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thakoppno 656 days ago
> there are black out rules so that if not enough tickets are sold for the game, the game will not be broadcast in the local area.

The NFL stopped doing this in 2015.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_television_blackout_polici....

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dylan604 656 days ago
Shows how long it's been since I've paid attention to the NFL, but who comes up with these rules? Clearly, a bunch of lawyers, but like, how much of an asshole does one need to be to even think this stuff up?
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