Now wait just a second...Clyburn saying "the rules [are] no longer in the public interest" implies that they previously *were* considered in the public interest. In what way? I always understood the blackout rules were in effect to protect the NFL and the team owners, under the assumption that providing free television access to home games would cut into ticket sales.
I'd like to hear even one example (even a far-fetched one) of how the blackout rules have ever been "in the public interest."
Doug Fields
Tampa, FL (go Bucs!)
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Subject: [TV orNotTV] FCC considering eliminating sports blackout rules
From: "K.M. Richards" <richard...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, November 04, 2013 1:11 pm
To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com
Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn says "changes in the marketplace" (namely, high ticket prices at venues) may make the rules no longer in the public interest. But the leagues can still negotiate with broadcasters, cable and satellite to create and enforce blackout rules of their own:
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db1101/DOC-323842A1.pdf
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