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In response to "Sunday’s Green Bay Packers vs. San Francisco 49ers NFC wild card playoff game delivered a massive 47.1 million viewers -- nm" by Beaker

Wasn't that one of the games that was threated with being blacked out from broadcast? Boy, if that doesn't show how freaking

Posted by TWuG Jan 6 '14, 17:45

stupid the blackout rules are, then nothing does.

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The blackout only affects the local Green Bay market. -- nm - David Jan 6, 17:57 6
- Was the purpose of the blackout threat just to force a consecutive sellout at packer stadium? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 18:11 4
  - it is always in effect. goes back to the days when the gate was the big $ maker. No it is a pitance compared to TV money -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 18:13 3
    - But didn't GB have an attendance record going or something? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 19:02 2
      - mid season it didn't seem likely GB would make playoffs so few fans put money up to buy tickets, (not refunded, just applied to next year's season tix - zeitgeist Jan 6, 19:15
      - They expanded their capacity this year by (I think) about 7,500 seats - by Friday they'd sold 5,500 of those, so yes - Meg Jan 6, 19:14
- That makes a tiny bit more sense. Not much, but a tiny bit. -- nm - TWuG Jan 6, 18:06
11,000 to 15,000 seats unsold by Wednesday. - the liioulu with wind chill Jan 6, 17:50

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