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Old 08-19-2011, 08:16 PM
 
Location: Orlandooooooo
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I was mad as hell too.
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Old 08-20-2011, 04:13 AM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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You can't pay me $500 to watch any kind of sports.
The economy must be treating you well.
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Old 08-20-2011, 04:15 AM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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I was mad as hell too.
Made enough to go buy a ticket?
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Old 08-20-2011, 04:23 AM
 
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go to joebucsfan.com. He has a pretty good deal where for, I think, $25 you take a bus ride to Lee Roy Selmons in Ft Meyers to watch the game...they give you a free drink and an app I believe..and it's a social experience so being new to the area you can meet some other fans...
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Old 08-20-2011, 04:25 AM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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Most teams that sellout the regular season give their season ticket holders free pre-season tickets. So pre-season theoretically are sold out and thus televised.
That's untrue. Season ticket packages include the two preseason games and they're at full price. As a Buc season ticket holder, I was involved in the conference call w/ the NFL commissioner in July and he didn't have a plan to change what teams are doing. Some team's owners buy up remaining tickets to ensure the blackout is lifted as do some TV stations in cities where a few thousand tickets are unsolds. But in Tampa, there are 10,000s of tickets unsold and the Bucs owners and the local TV stationshave decided against buying them up (too expensive).

Expect few if any of the Bucs home games get broadcasted locally due to the blackout.

The NFL is trying to block the illegal streams on the internet that people are using to bypass the blackout. The Federal Gov't is even getting involved.
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Old 08-20-2011, 04:27 AM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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go to joebucsfan.com. He has a pretty good deal where for, I think, $25 you take a bus ride to Lee Roy Selmons in Ft Meyers to watch the game...they give you a free drink and an app I believe..and it's a social experience so being new to the area you can meet some other fans...
Yet you can see the game in person for $35 instead of hoping on a bus, driving 200 miles roundtrip, buying food/drinks at Selmons, paying $25.
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Old 08-20-2011, 06:23 AM
 
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The economy must be treating you well.
I am doing fine. Just think watching sports is very boring.
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Old 08-20-2011, 08:05 AM
 
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I am doing fine. Just think watching sports is very boring.
Then why would you even open a thread about the Bucs and their TV blackout?
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Old 08-20-2011, 08:11 AM
 
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Then why would you even open a thread about the Bucs and their TV blackout?
I have been a Bucs hater since 1976, so i gotta peep any Bucs threads.
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Old 08-20-2011, 10:09 AM
 
Location: tampa bay
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That's untrue. Season ticket packages include the two preseason games and they're at full price. As a Buc season ticket holder, I was involved in the conference call w/ the NFL commissioner in July and he didn't have a plan to change what teams are doing. Some team's owners buy up remaining tickets to ensure the blackout is lifted as do some TV stations in cities where a few thousand tickets are unsolds. But in Tampa, there are 10,000s of tickets unsold and the Bucs owners and the local TV stationshave decided against buying them up (too expensive).

Expect few if any of the Bucs home games get broadcasted locally due to the blackout.

The NFL is trying to block the illegal streams on the internet that people are using to bypass the blackout. The Federal Gov't is even getting involved.
There will always be ways around it!!Great use of the Federal Gov't time...perhaps they have bigger things to worry about on the internet?? I don't know...little issues like those pesky terrorists or chester molester kiddie porn rings??No but spend government time and money on Joe and Mary Beercan watching a football game in the privacy of their underwater home!
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