No More NFL TV Blackouts

[RedOctober3829]

 

Kevin Clark ‏@KevinClarkWSJ  48s49 seconds ago
Breaking: the NFL will scrap it's TV blackout policy for the 2015 season. Will evaluate how it goes after season. Teams voted on this today.

https://twitter.com/KevinClarkWSJ/status/580071257124704257
 

 

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In case anyone was wondering whether this was spontaneous:

From Sept 2014

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/nfl-must-end-tv-blackouts-or-lose-its-antitrust-exemption-senators-warn/

"NFL must end TV blackouts or lose its antitrust exemption, Senators warn"

 

[Senator Donut]

In case anyone was wondering whether this was spontaneous:

From Sept 2014

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/nfl-must-end-tv-blackouts-or-lose-its-antitrust-exemption-senators-warn/

"NFL must end TV blackouts or lose its antitrust exemption, Senators warn"

The NFL effectively ended blackouts in 2012, when it reduced the threshold of tickets sold to 85%. There were only two regular season blackouts in 2013 and none last year.