04-25-2016, 08:17 PM
(04-25-2016, 03:12 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Doesn't Cincy face TV blackouts on a frequent basis due to home games not selling out? Haven't tickets been bought in large numbers by corporate or other entities to avoid blackouts on a frequent basis? The reason the teams left is that Los Angeles is not as susceptible to the tax payer funded stadium blackmail that smaller markets are.
The blackout rule doesn't exist anymore, effective with the 2015 season. No games will be blacked out again. When it did exist the last Bengals home game to be blacked out was the Carson Palmer homecoming game November 2012.
The Raiders and Rams leaving LA had as much or more to do with their insane and dingbat owners, respectively, than any inability to blackmail the city. The money was always there, it just needed to be sourced properly. They finally got their shit together.
