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FCC Repeals Sports Blackout Rule, But Blackouts Will Continue

((april))Calling the NFL on its bluff to move its broadcast games to cable, the FCC voted unanimously this morning to repeal the outdated sports blackout rule that prevented the airing of certain games that weren’t sold out. Though it doesn’t mean the end of blackouts. The rule, established in 1975, was created to curb the leeching of ticket sales from the growing market for televised sporting events.

 

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