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bnichols_1 wrote:

Please explain how putting a game on local cable while blacking it out for the rest of the country is "protecting a team's home territory".

 

Once upon a time home games of sports were blacked out (or did not exist) to protect home attendance. The Chicago Blackhawks hockey team was the last to get over that a couple of years ago. Only the NFL has home blackout rules to protect sellouts.

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These are not my rules or my decisions.  The decisions are made by the leagues.  As I said, blackout rules existed before the out of market packages came into existence.  If you want the leagues' rationale for the blackout rules, you can contact the leagues.