Bengals in danger of a blackout on Sunday.

[formerkywrestler]

Even at 4-1 they still face real possibility of a blackout!

 

Thoughts?

[BANKSHOT]

This honestly surprised me. I knew at the start of the season the only sellout was the Steelers but figured winning and beating two of your biggest rivals had taken care of this.

[h.s.footballfan]

This honestly surprised me. I knew at the start of the season the only sellout was the Steelers but figured winning and beating two of your biggest rivals had taken care of this.

 

This just tells me the sign of the economy in the tristate area. Even winning cant sell tickets around here. If a family is having trouble paying bills and feeding the family, They are not going to spend $70 on a ticket.

[MountainThunder]

This just tells me the sign of the economy in the tristate area. Even winning cant sell tickets around here. If a family is having trouble paying bills and feeding the family, They are not going to spend $70 on a ticket.

 

:thumb:

[FormerCawoodTrojan]

Sign of the times. It probably will not improve for some time either.

[HT721]

I've always hated this policy by the NFL. Not every fan can afford the 200 bucks it costs for 2 people to go to a game, park the car, and eat a hot dog with a drink 8 or 9 times a year.

[Boucher]

It'll sell out...

[bugatti]

I've always hated this policy by the NFL. Not every fan can afford the 200 bucks it costs for 2 people to go to a game, park the car, and eat a hot dog with a drink 8 or 9 times a year.

While it is a hated policy and some believe it is unfair, it makes perfect sense and I do not blame the NFL at all for blacking out games. The NFL is a business first and foremost.

[SSC]

While it is a hated policy and some believe it is unfair, it makes perfect sense and I do not blame the NFL at all for blacking out games. The NFL is a business first and foremost.

 

No it doesn't make sense. The NFL has priced out families for the most part. They make you pay $300 a season to watch their product if you want to watch every game on TV, and you still can't watch every game. Each team gets more money from the TV contract than they are allowed to spend in players salaries. It's a joke. The NFL needs to change this policy. How old is it?

[NEERFAN]

I'm not suprised even with the winning streak. The Texans aren't a big draw, and knowing that I only made $10 on Steelers tickets tells me that this will be a difficult game to sell out.

[bugatti]

No it doesn't make sense. The NFL has priced out families for the most part. They make you pay $300 a season to watch their product if you want to watch every game on TV, and you still can't watch every game. Each team gets more money from the TV contract than they are allowed to spend in players salaries. It's a joke. The NFL needs to change this policy. How old is it?

Again, you are looking at it from the perspective of a victimized fan. The NFL is not the Salvation Army. It sucks, but I get it.

[SSC]

Again, you are looking at it from the perspective of a victimized fan. The NFL is not the Salvation Army. It sucks, but I get it.

 

When this policy was put in place what was the TV deal? What is it now? Each team gets so much money for the deal that they don't need one person to buy 1 ticket to come out on top. So why can't fans watch the games on TV? After all we're the reason for the TV deal.

[Blue Magic]

Another factor that doesn't help is like Neerfan stated, people would rather scalp tickets, ebay tickets, craigslist tickets, etc. than to go pay full price at Paul Brown. It's dumb to pay 70 or 85 bucks for a ticket when you can purchase 2 for 100 online anywhere. The tickets that are already sold are being circulated constantly and it makes the tickets that are unsold nearly useless.

[SSC]

According to Wikipedia the NFL blackout rule is from 1973. I can't find the TV deal from then but from 1982-1986 the deal was for $420M a year. The current contract is for $3.085B a year. The blackout rule needs to be looked at.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_on_television

[sportsnut859]

4-1 and no sell out. Yet another reason the NFL needs to look at this freaking rule! Especiallt this season.