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Buffalo Bills Game Blacked Out

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The Buffalo Bills game sunday has been blacked out in the Buffalo Market for not reaching the sellout quota set by the league by 1 PM Friday. This is the First game this year in the NFL that has been blacked out.


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BigPPupMajor Leaguer
1102 days ago
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Would you want to sit outside in Buffalo in late November?
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Anonymous Fanatic #1
1101 days ago
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Or any time of year!
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False ProphetAll-Star
1101 days ago
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If they were at all good, then yes, but not these Buffalo Bills
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
1101 days ago
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"Blacked out" - I thought this was the US term for a power cut... but it doesn't seem to fit the context of ticket sales. What precisely is meant?
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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer
1101 days ago
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When the league "blacks out" a game, they pull it from local television stations. Any given game must have so many tickets sold in order for the game to be shown on local television. In essence, the people that buy tickets give the rest of the people in the Buffalo area the right to stay home and watch the game for free without spending $50 a ticket plus concessions. If the NFL doesn't get theirs, the general public doesn't get their free Sunday afternoon entertainment. The game can still be shown in the away team's market, just not within a certain mileage of the home team's stadium.
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
1101 days ago
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Oh, I see - I guess this helps the NFL guarantee as many people go to the game as possible. I like that rule. Thanks for the explanation.
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BigPPupMajor Leaguer
1101 days ago
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FP when was the last time that you would have been willing to watch the Bills? Cause off the top of my head, they havent been a playoff team in about 7 seasons
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False ProphetAll-Star
1101 days ago
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Maybe in 1992, but thats about it
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BigPPupMajor Leaguer
1101 days ago
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Thats bout what i figured
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Anonymous Fanatic #2
1091 days ago
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was the bill's game in 1992, when they came back to beat the Oilers 41-38, blacked out ?
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Anonymous Fanatic #3
814 days ago
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no
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