USA Today: NFL Should Dump Local Blackout Rule
USA Today‘s “Sports Television” writer Michael Hiestand has a fantastic column up calling on the NFL to get rid of its blackout policy. “Since the NFL markets extreme violence as family fun, it makes sense the league is wildly image-conscious. So it makes no sense why the sports world’s Daddy Warbucks keeps nickel-and-diming fans with [...]
Rep. Higgins (D-NY) Speaks Up for Buffalo Fans, Calls for FCC to Eliminate Blackout Rule
Sports fans have another ally in Rep. Brian Higgins, who represents Buffalo. Yesterday, Higgins wrote a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski asking for the agency to eliminate its blackout rule. Higgins also took to the floor of the House yesterday to raise objections to the blackout rules that prevented Buffalo fans from seeing three [...]
Santa Clara Residents Successfully Force Referendum on 49ers Stadium Loan!
Congratulations to Santa Clara Plays Fair, a group of Santa Clara residents who gathered enough signatures to force a referendum on the Santa Clara City Council’s decision to take out a $850 million loan for a new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers. The loan will suppsedly be paid back by the team, but anybody [...]
On MSNBC, SFC Chairman Goodfriend Delivers Beautiful Rant on Ending FCC Sports Blackout Rule
On Tuesday nights edition of MSNBC’s The Dylan Ratigan Show, Sports Fans Coalition Chairman David Goodfriend delivered an amazing rant on the FCC’s decision to review its sports blackout rule and why this should matter to sports fans. Check it out below and if you’d like to tell the FCC how you feel about blackouts, [...]
#SOPA/PIPA and Sports Fans
Congress is currently weighing legislation that could have serious implications for Google, Facebook and Twitter. In other words, for the very future of the Internet. But why should sports fans care? In case you’re unfamiliar, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its counterpart in the Senate, PROTECT IP (PIPA), are the latest industry-driven efforts [...]
FCC Commissioner McDowell: Time for “Fresh Look” at 36-Year Old Sports Blackout Rule
Here are FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell’s comments on the FCC’s decision to review its sports blackout rule: “I am delighted that the Media Bureau is requesting comment on a petition seeking elimination of the Commission’s rules that prohibit multichannel video programming distributors from carrying a sporting event in a community if it is blacked out by the [...]
Want to Tell the FCC How You Feel About Blackouts? Here You Go
As you know, the FCC is asking for public comment over the next month on its sports blackout rule. The FCC’s rule props up the leagues’ own blackout rules by prohibiting cable and satellite carriers from carrying a game if local broadcasters are prohibited from carrying the game because of league blackout rules. Sports Fans [...]
Forbes: NFL May Benefit from End of Blackout Rule
Well, this would seem to undermine the NFL’s primary economic argument against eliminating the FCC’s sports blackout rule: Forbes’ executive editor is reporting that the NFL “would likely make more money if the blackout rule is lifted.” Read his piece here: Forbes: NFL May Benefit from End of Blackout Rule Somebody should ask the NFL [...]
Some Words on Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sports from Dave Zirin
Who better to wax eloquently on the great civil rights leader than SFC board member and EdgeofSports.com‘s Dave Zirin. A couple of years ago, Zirin wrote that Martin Luther King, Jr. wasn’t an athlete but he “understood sports.” As we reflect on the enormous legacy of Dr. King, why not take a second to read [...]
Confused by Baseball’s Blackout Rules? You’re Not Alone
Much of the coverage of yesterday’s AWESOME news that the FCC is going to review its blackout rule has focused on the NFL’s objections to eliminating the blackout rule. The NFL has previously attacked Sports Fans Coalition in formal comments with the FCC. But we’re happy to fight for fans against the NFL’s unethical and [...]
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