FCC officially proposes removing its 40-year-old sports blackout rules

[Poke]

This would be a god thing..

http://www.theverge.com/policy/2013...emoving-its-40-year-old-sports-blackout-rules

 

[whitewolf8214]

We can hope and would be a good thing!!

 

[navychop]

We will see.

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[Tampa8]

Seems like it wouldn't really affect many of us? And then I can only think of Football maybe being seen a little more often.

 

[Teehar]

From what I understand,it doesn't appear that it will help much at all.Pretty sure the NFL still has the final say on which games get the blackout.

 

[navychop]

Whether by law or NFL decree, .......

 

[riffjim4069]

This would be a god thing..

It would have to be a god thing because it doesn't have a prayer of passing once the sports money-grubbers and lobbyists get involved.

 

[Mr Tony]

From what I understand,it doesn't appear that it will help much at all.Pretty sure the NFL still has the final say on which games get the blackout.

EXACTLY!! Its a non story

 

[Jimbo]

What REALLY needs to be addressed is the BO rules for MLB, they are ridiculous ...

 

[Ramy]

Yeah I don't think this will change a thing since the NFL will still black out games if they are not sold out.

 

[Derwin0]

Nothing the FCC does will change anything. The Leagues and Teams (NFL, MLB, etc...) own their rights and control who can and can not see them.
Those leagues/teams are not going to let cable/satellite providers (yes, this means you Charlie) circumvent their blackouts. Likely the networks all have the blackout rules written into their contracts to prevent what the FCC is proposing.

 

[madmadworld]

go fcc can't hurt......can it ? it is the gov doing something.

What REALLY needs to be addressed is the BO rules for MLB, they are ridiculous ...

glad i don't give a D.
yet who really understands it ? i gave up reading articles about it 5+ years ago.

 

[Hart5150]

Is this the same FCC that supposedly closed the CSN Philly loophole?

 

[Derwin0]

The FCC isn't the ones who've set up any of the blackout rules that the leagues have now. So this ruling will change nothing.

The only blackout in place currently the the Fed's are responsible for, is the one against the NFL on Friday nights & Saturdays from Labor Day til the end of November within 75 miles of a High School or College game. That one is part of the anti-trust exemption law that allowed the AFL & NFL to merge, so the FCC can't do anything about it.

 

[Mr Tony]

Is this the same FCC that supposedly closed the CSN Philly loophole?

well they did close it. CSN Philly then asked for a boatload of money for Dish/Directv to carry it

 

[Poke]

FCC Moves to Eliminate NFL Blackout Rules

Be a good thing and they should remove all Sports Blackouts if you pay to get the channel you should be able to watch the game.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Moves-to-Eliminate-NFL-Blackout-Rules-127171

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Why didn't you just add this to the thread you created last week??

 

[Mr Tony]

because he'd rather spam with just links to other sites

 

[Mr Tony]

MERGED

 

[Neutron]

I wish they would lift the blackout for NFL games. Unless I want to stand around all game it's very expensive to go to a Cowboys game at the stadium. I got to go a few years ago because my brother in law had a free ticket. We were in the upper level (400) and the field was so tiny it was easier to follow the game on the big screen. The face value of that ticket was $70.