For those of you lucky enough to be a Giants, Patriots, or Eagles fan. (Jets sold separately) probably don't know what the NFL blackout rule even is. Basically the rule is as follows: If you do not sell our your stadium the NFL will prohibit the game from being shown on television.
It's a double whammy.
I'm a huge Chargers fan go to games all the time. Sometimes I even get tickets fro $40-60 dollars. Which is unfathemable to Patriots and Giants fans. The fact that we can't sell out our stadium is down right pathetic. The worst part is we never sell it out, but usually it's close enough for some of the big wigs to buy up the rest of the tickets, you know kind of like how El Pres does at Gillete Stadium so the common man will be ensured entry into the stadium.
But Chargers fans aren't the problem here. The NFL is a 9 BILLION dollar industry. They are making more money than they ever have and the TV contracts are the most expensive they've ever been. If people aren't attending the stadium that means there will be more people watching on tv. I woke up early to watch the 1 p.m Chargers game Sunday only find it wasn't there. The worst part about all of this was it was ThanksGiving weekend. Turkey, Booze, and NFL Football has been a Thanksgiving traditon since the Puritans sailed over on the Mayflower. Pochatans caught a toss sweep from John Smith and ran it 65 yards into the endzone, until Christopher Columbus's Grandson came outta nowhere and drove a spike through her head.
However all was not lost that day, the touchdown dance was invented, the spike, and Christopher Columbus 1V served what he like to call Angel Hair Pasta. Bona Petit. Fuck that Rule, Get it OUT!!
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