Up to 12 NFL Teams Facing Blackouts in 2009

Seriously, how long can they expect to stay in Jacksonville? I mean, I like Jax as a city and all—had a few opportunities to pass through the Navy base back when I was stationed at Ft. Stewart—but it has NEVER struck me as the kind of place that could support an NFL team. And they can’t even go the route of the “Carolina” Panthers or “Tennessee” Titans because there are already two other pro clubs in the state.

Anyway, Jimmy, I don’t think they’re ever going to agree to change the blackout rules. On the other hand, it would do some good to see the League lose some revenue through sheer stupidity. Heading into a potentially uncapped year followed by a contract squabble, it would be good to remind everyone that football isn’t bullet-proof.

How does it affect other markets?

For example, when we play the Jags, I assume the blackout would only be local, but the game would still be aired in Nashville and other markets, right?

I also wonder how this affects NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers.

For not amending their policy this year. Who knows what the ramifications could be when they are about to hit major turmoil in CBA negotiations? It’s stupid that they would be so intent on squeezing pennies out of people in this economy.

LOVE IT!!!

Didn’t Bud freeze ticket prices for this year?

And this year only.

The NFL is not a charity. It is a business. Once the NFL starts losing money on tickets they’ll have to get it from somewhere. I don’t want NFL games to be on pay-per-view. We’re going to pay for it somehow.

I prefer to watch games on TV, but I try to go to one or two a year because it’s an interesting experience and because I want to vote with my feet / dollars so to speak.

Having never missed a single Titans game, pre-season even, the entire time they’ve been here, I would be royally pissed off if they blacked out Titans games. I’d buy season tickets to watch them at the stadium, probably, but I’d hate to be forced to watch every single home game in the stadium.

For those of us not in Tennessee, is Direct TV my only option? I’m already set up with HD cable (Comcast), but jeez, I don’t want to have to add Direct TV just to get the games. My other alternative is chasing down the Titans games at sports bars and running up bar tabs, but that’s a huge time waster and probably more expensive than Direct TV. For some reason, my wife doesn’t appreciate hanging out in bars and drinking my Sundays away. :-)

The rules about blackouts have been in place for over 20+ years. Cities and fans that don’t support their team are the ones affected. If you have Direct Ticket in our area you will still be able to watch road games. I find it hard to believe that a “small market” like Nashville and Tennessee is doing that much better in this economy than other franchise areas (Detroit excluded) and our games sell out in a little over an hour! BTW historically this forecast of blackout games is still lower than the percentage in the 80’s.

These are times like we have not seen in decades. The people at the top don’t have to live the life style of the average person and don’t feel the pain. This feels like a punishment, they in the long run will be the ones who lose because of their unwillingness to compromise.

The NFL Owners could donate the tickets to charity or they could lower the ticket price.

Seriously, I think to sell a ticket for #20 dollars would be better than an empty seat.
Not only are the NFL Tickets too high but you have to consider paying for parking and concession prices.

Going to a game cost quite a bit these days. People just can not afford it.

I’m headed for DirectTV. I’m not that thrilled with the Comcast product anyway.