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Jacksonville Jaguars blackouts; NFL television maps
The Jacksonville Jaguars host the St. Louis Rams on Sunday and once again the game isn’t being aired on local television. Three home games; three blackouts.
That’s not news -- team officials have predicted they aren’t likely to sell out any home games this season in time to prevent local television blackouts. They’ve blamed the economy. There’s also that loss of 17,000 season ticket holders from last season.
But I think another telling detail is this: a co-worker is one of the Jaguars original season ticket holders. The team played its first game in 1995 and is celebrating its 15th season this year. To honor this milestone, the team sent its original season ticket holders 15-year commemorative pins. Here’s what the note that came with the pins says:
“As a token of our appreciation, we have sent you and 3,819 other special fans who have been with us since Day 1 a pair of 15-year commemorative pins.”
It’s not clear how many season tickets those 3,820 “special fans” account for, but to be at a number that small in just 15 years can’t be good for helping you avoid blackouts.
Meanwhile, here’s a way to tell which NFL games are being broadcast where -- someone’s done a lot of work to figure this out -- check out this site for NFL TV distribution maps. Thanks to Don Walker of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for finding this.
Comments
good read
Posted by: m65 field jacket | January 24, 2010 11:22 AM
Jacksonville is too small of a market to have an NFL franchise. And surely not having their home games on TV is not helping to build a fan base.
I'm not sure what the minimum requirements are by NFL league rules, but they should reduce their stadium capacity yet again by covering up all the seats in the upper level corners. Maybe if they have 60,000 seats they can sell out?
Or maybe they'll have to move to LA or Las Vegas or Toronto or somewhere. They're in a tough spot.
Posted by: BJ | October 19, 2009 9:51 AM