It’s official. The San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders’ respective home openers will be blacked out on Sunday.  While the Raiders’ 2009 record of 5-11 might inspire Bay Area fans to trade in their silver & black for red & gold, the Chargers went 13-3 last year and still weren’t able to avoid a blackout straight out of the gate.

There’s no excuse for the NFL to take no excuses from a fanbase so often funding stadiums with tax dollars.  Requiring 95% of tickets to be sold each week for the game to be shown on TV is a travesty.

This unfair policy has not only angered Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio at its abuse of consumers’ rights, but Californians north and south won’t have the benefit of being able to watch the big game on TV this Sunday.