Next NFL Blackout Victim...

[Tim L]

On the NFL blackout site, It lists Browns-Lions as being shown in avout half of Ohio and parts of Michigan..A very small area..

http://the506.com/nflmaps/2009/11-CBS-E.html

[liradioisbad]

That makes four. Would that be a record for most blacked out games in a single week?

I've been reading the forums of the NFL tv maps site and they made up an extensive list of every blacked out game ever. Not only is this not even close to the record, but in the 70's, there were some seasons where less than half the total games weren't blacked out. It wasn't until 1998 where we had a week where every game was sold out, and in 2006, every game during the first half of the season was blacked out.

Sorry to ramble on, but from what I've gathered it used to be a lot, lot worse.

[Pat Cook]

It wasn't until 1998 where we had a week where every game was sold out, and in 2006, every game during the first half of the season was blacked out.

Err....Don't you mean that at least one game per week was blacked out in the first half of the 1998 season??

As a Broncos fan, I can personally attest that EVERY Denver Broncos home game was seen here in Denver.  For that to not happen would have been BLASPHEMOUS since they were the Defending World Champions & had John Elway at QB & Mike Shanaghan (sp?) as Head Coach in 1998.

If memory serves me right, they were also well on their way to their second straight Super Bowl appearance as well.

Just a correction.....

Cheers

[KML-224]

Yes, Denver reached, and won, Super Bowl XXXIII by beating Atlanta. FOX premiered Family Guy after that night's title tilt.

[philosofy]

Somehow the Chargers managed to avoid a blackout here in San Diego. I wonder who bought up the 3000 or so tickets that were left: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/28/chiefs-chargers-be-shown-locally/

[DToTheJ]

Meanwhile, in Jacksonville: An unprecedented sixth home game in a row has blacked out. This despite the fact that the Jaguars have won their fourth home game in a row, leading into this Sunday's matchup vs. Houston:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-jaguars-blackout&prov=ap&type=lgns

This can't sit right with Mr. Goodell.

[Pat Cook]

Meanwhile, in Jacksonville: An unprecedented sixth home game in a row has blacked out. This despite the fact that the Jaguars have won their fourth home game in a row, leading into this Sunday's matchup vs. Houston:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-jaguars-blackout&prov=ap&type=lgns

This can't sit right with Mr. Goodell.

I agree.  Not with so many cities in America who would LOVE to have an NFL franchise in their backyard.  Look at what the NBA with the old Seattle SuperSonics.  They're now in OKC.  I'm sure the NFL could make a similar move (Like relocating the Jaguars to Las Vegas & sending them to the NFC in exchange for St. Louis).

Just my opinion.....

Cheers

[cowboybud]

Meanwhile, in Jacksonville: An unprecedented sixth home game in a row has blacked out. This despite the fact that the Jaguars have won their fourth home game in a row, leading into this Sunday's matchup vs. Houston:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-jaguars-blackout&prov=ap&type=lgns

This can't sit right with Mr. Goodell.

I agree.  Not with so many cities in America who would LOVE to have an NFL franchise in their backyard.  Look at what the NBA with the old Seattle SuperSonics.  They're now in OKC.  I'm sure the NFL could make a similar move (Like relocating the Jaguars to Las Vegas & sending them to the NFC in exchange for St. Louis).

Just my opinion.....

Cheers

The NFL wants nothing to do with Las Vegas, for obvious reasons.

[dhett]

The NFL wants nothing to do with Las Vegas, for obvious reasons.

Yeah, that market would be a bigger disaster than Jacksonville.  Jax has the potential of drawing fans from Southern Georgia and Northern Florida, while Las Vegas has just Las Vegas.  All right, they could draw fans from Lake Havasu City, Kingman, Bullhead City/Laughlin, Pahrump, Mesquite and Saint George as well.  Never underestimate the potential from Pahrump, either.

If Vegas ever got a team, I seriously doubt that gambling would be a problem with it.  They keep a tight lid on things and would make sure that the gambling stay separate from the local team, most likely forbidding gambling on them at all.  And as long as the mob gets a big enough piece of the action, they would see to the strictest enforcement.

[LynnW]

When the new stadium is finished in the City of Industry, CA, I think the Rams will move back.  And the Jaguars move to St. Louis.  And they should be renamed the Stallions, which is what they were supposed to be.  The colors were to be purple, gold and silver.  I saw some of the hats and tee shirts when I was in Zaire way back when.  The clothing items were dumped in Africa when the team was placed in Jacksonville because of bickering over who should own them and the stadium lease in St. Louis.

In 1993, the Patriots were close to being moved to St. Louis and would have been renamed the Stallions.