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First NFL game to be blacked out this season

Ironically, this week Jacksonville is playing the team everyone predicts will fare the worst this season, Atlanta. (Of course, I'm sure all their tickets have been presold, for obvious reasons...)
 
I am surprised Buffalo has trouble selling out...I thought there was a wait list on season tickets or something.

And the next blackout for sure will be Oakland next week...They host Cleveland...Ouch
 
Surprisingly it wasn't Arizona either  ;D
 
The first blackout almost occurred in Minnesota last Sunday, and that was prevented by KMSP stepping in and buying the remainder of the tickets to ensure that the game would air in the Twin Cities on KMSP. Oddly enough, the Falcons were the visitors in that game as well.

But it shouldn't be suprising that Jacksonville has the first blackout. IIRC, the Jaguars have in recent years blocked off a few upper level sections of their stadium, the reasoning that it would increase the chance of a sellout and reduce the chance of a local TV blackout. The Jaguars had to do it for the entire season, due to NFL rules. (I'm not sure if the team is blocking off sections again this season.)
 
genius said:
Surprisingly it wasn't Arizona either ;D
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Actually, all 8 games at the University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the Arizona Same Ol' Cardinals, are completely sold out for the 2nd year in a row. Again, the entire state of Arizona will have 16 chances (instead of the usual 8 ) to see that their alleged football team still stinks. ;D
 
Darrel M said:
The first blackout almost occurred in Minnesota last Sunday, and that was prevented by KMSP stepping in and buying the remainder of the tickets to ensure that the game would air in the Twin Cities on KMSP.
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The Jaguars were almost blacked out last week as well, until the NFL gave them more time to sell out. They did not quite sell out, but the NFL lifted last week's blackout, with a few hundred tix remaining.
 
I think this is the perfect opportunity to remind everyone the NFL Distribution Maps are at a new location:
http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/

Can you imagine if MLB was affected by blackouts due to no sellouts? The Marlins would never be on TV! I saw on PTI that a recent game vs. the Nationals garnered a mere 350 customers to Dolphins Stadium!
 
DToTheJ said:
I think this is the perfect opportunity to remind everyone the NFL Distribution Maps are at a new location:
http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/

Can you imagine if MLB was affected by blackouts due to no sellouts? The Marlins would never be on TV! I saw on PTI that a recent game vs. the Nationals garnered a mere 350 customers to Dolphins Stadium!
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Same with the NBA. I once went to a Denver Nuggets game where they played Dallas, the arena was empty.
 
The Week 2 map for Fox shows Salisbury, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, getting DAL @ MIA. Considering that lower, slower Delaware and the southeastern counties of Maryland are fairly staunch Redskins country*, that's understandable IYKWIM ;D. Cognizant of this, the Wilmington News Journal, distributed throughout Delaware (and in the Salisbury area as well), runs a highlighted preview of each week's 'Skins game (though not as big as their Eagles' preview) - even when WAS and PHI are not playing each other, which they will be doing Monday night on ESPN.

*The Salisbury market includes Rehoboth Beach, DE, a favorite of vacationers from DC and called "The Nation's Summer Capital", for those who don't know. OTOH my dad and I preferred Dewey Beach and Indian River when I was growing up (in the Philadelphia area). Also OTOH Ocean City, MD, also in the Salisbury market, is considered a Baltimore resort.

ixnay
 
KML-224 said:
Does Super Bowl XLII being held there this year have any bearing on that?
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Yes and no. Really no, because the AZ Cardinals have a new stadium which is very nice. That drove a lot of customers. Sun Devils Stadium (where the Cardinals used to play) is horrible. Not just because it was a college field, but the way the sun hit parts of the seats you would be guaranteed to have a sun burn. Games start at 1:00 so it's just starting to get toasty during the game.

The reason I said yes is because several of my friends who bought season tickets did so in the hopes of getting Super Bowl tickets. We shall see how many people show up in a few years.
 
This is new to me. The local TV station can't broadcast their NFL team because the game isn't sold out. I think that rule is stupid to be honest with ya. Some people wanna stay home and watch the game on TV and have a party watching it with friends and family. I never knew their was a rule like this before. For the people in Atlanta, GA they can still watch the game.
 
Ken said:
For the people in Atlanta, GA they can still watch the game.
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Because the Falcons are the road team. Wait till they start playing at the GA Dome, things will get hairy.
 
DToTheJ said:
350 [/b] customers to Dolphins Stadium!
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If MLB ever move to a 16 game season that may be a valid comparison. But I think it is completely unreasonable to assume that most teams ever would be able to sell out 81 home games in a 35-40k seat stadium.
 
Ken said:
This is new to me. The local TV station can't broadcast their NFL team because the game isn't sold out. I think that rule is stupid to be honest with ya. Some people wanna stay home and watch the game on TV and have a party watching it with friends and family. I never knew their was a rule like this before. For the people in Atlanta, GA they can still watch the game.
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Wow, welcome to the party, Ken! The blackout rule has been around in the NFL since the early days of TV. It used to be that no home games could be shown, regardless of whether or not they sold out. Then in the 1970s, the rules were changed to the current 72-hour sellout.

For the history buffs, one of the early teams to experiment with televising football games was the Los Angeles Rams, in 1950. The Rams televised all games, home and road, and it was a disaster, as attendance at games fell to half of the 1949 attendance. In 1951, the Rams only televised road games, and attendance came back to its previous levels. (See Pigskin: The Early Days of Football, p. 197)
 
brian4 said:
[T]he way the sun hit parts of the seats you would be guaranteed to have a sun burn. Games start at 1:00 so it's just starting to get toasty during the game.
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That strong sun made for well cut shadows though IMO, at least on TV. When the Eagles were in the Big Red's division, this Birds fan could always hear lots of E-A-G-L-E-S cheers at SDS on TV. BTW I drove by SDS one time - on my visit to Arizona in 1981.

The reason I said yes is because several of my friends who bought season tickets did so in the hopes of getting Super Bowl tickets. We shall see how many people show up in a few years.
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When the novelty of UofPHX Stadium wears off, IOW. It's all up to the Bidwills IYKWIM.

ixnay
 
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