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Browns Game Officially Blacked Out

As expected, Sunday's game between the Lions and Browns has officially been blacked out.  The Lions didn't announce how many tickets are still available, meaning the number probably isn't much different from what we heard yesterday.  With around 7,000 unsold tickets and based on the fact that the attendance for the Rams game was just more than 40,000, I wouldn't expect a very big crowd at Ford Field on Sunday.

Like usual, Pride of Detroit will have play-by-play updates in the game threads.  If you are in the blackout zone, your most reliable option to track the game outside of checking out POD is by listening to it on the radio, because whether or not there will be streams is always a guessing game.  POD will do its best to keep track of ways to watch the game, but there are no promises since it is usually hit or miss.

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You can all come to Kalamazoo! It’s never blacked out here.

by topherclosson on Nov 19, 2009 3:32 PM EST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

holy shit you from the zoo?? me to

Just Remember matt... what would Daunte do??

by det32 on Nov 19, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Really?

I’m happy games aren’t blacked out here. Woot Woot.

by topherclosson on Nov 19, 2009 4:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

yep me 2

really its the far west side of portage.. if i where to go any farther west i would be in texes township

Just Remember matt... what would Daunte do??

by det32 on Nov 19, 2009 5:17 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

me 2

I’m in Portage too. Kalamazoo market. No Blackouts!!! Big Screen Plasma HI-Def. Plenty of cold beer, Jack, and pizza. All I need now is a WINNER!!!!!

by dylan415 on Nov 19, 2009 7:28 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

western grad here!

have a bells for me, i can’t find an east coast distributor who can get it.

by cdny on Nov 20, 2009 12:53 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

i live in so cal now...

and bartend for a huge beer house. 130 beers on tap.

Oberon is the MI microbrew I miss the MOST….

by j16941 on Nov 20, 2009 9:00 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

UGH!

Looks like I’ll have to pony up some dough and head back downtown. I thought maybe with the Cleveland crowd they might pull this one off…I mean Cleveland is so close it’s practically IN the blackout zone! I guess both fanbases have had enough already.

"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." -Mark Twain

by Mushy on Nov 19, 2009 3:43 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

still dont get the point of the blackout

i know the league says its to sell tickets and whatnot, but i still havent figured out that logic. if people dont have money or the team is crap, they wont buy tickets. Threatening to not put a crappy game on TV doesnt motivate any fan to buy a ticket.

maybe its just me, but if u tell me there is no game on tv, im just gonna go online and watch it…thats a whole lot cheaper than actually going to the game

The beginning of the end of the misery

by latif on Nov 19, 2009 3:44 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

all the cash from tickets and merchandise is put into one big pot and paid to all of the players in the NFL.. this goes for all teams and the ticket prices are set by the nfl for the estimated cost of ALL the players in the nfl.. they have to say each team has to give 50,000 each week for example(and if you cant get them there 50,000 then you get blacked out…that how come sometimes when its not blacked out there is still a **** ton of seats. They don’t care if we don’t sell out.they just want the 50,000)… so we have to have higher ticket cost to make up for people not coming and because we have a smaller field.. that how the cowboys get away with having them cost 20$ because they can fit more then 100,000 people in that thing..

Just Remember matt... what would Daunte do??

by det32 on Nov 19, 2009 3:51 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not sure,

but I’m fairly sure that this is entirely incorrect. Owners pay their own players. Not the ticket prices in Seattle…

by sparto on Nov 19, 2009 6:26 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

no the nfl has a shared revenue.. ford only makes cash on food/drinks

he MIGHT make some of the all you can eat seats

now coachs i have know clue who pays them would think its still the shared revenue but might not be for them

the staff (concession guys janitors rent a cops ect) i would think ford pays them

Just Remember matt... what would Daunte do??

by det32 on Nov 19, 2009 7:20 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

they do this b/c players/coachs work for ford AND the nfl

the rent a cops and what not only work for ford

so any time you buy a hat, jersey or ticket you are paying some players paycheck.. all so when you pay your cabel that is just so far down the line

you pay the cabel
cabel pays fox
foxs pays nfl
nfl pays players coaches

Just Remember matt... what would Daunte do??

by det32 on Nov 19, 2009 7:30 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

You could not be more wrong

http://football.calsci.com/SalaryCap.html

The fl does not pay the players or the coaches. You’ve lost your mind.

by sparto on Nov 19, 2009 9:13 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

it says they shar it in there...i was just rong on how much they got from tv..

but that in of its self explans why the black out is there even more

Just Remember matt... what would Daunte do??

by det32 on Nov 19, 2009 10:00 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

2/3 is ovesley more then 2 cents lol

Just Remember matt... what would Daunte do??

by det32 on Nov 19, 2009 10:09 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

No offense

But is it really that hard to spell correctly or form coherent thoughts?

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by Sean Yuille on Nov 20, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

i usually goto channelsurfing.net when games r blacked out

by sasapoof69 on Nov 19, 2009 5:22 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

blacked out

I’m going to be blacked out if we lose to these F%$#s.

by x$pcents IV on Nov 19, 2009 6:09 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Blacked out?

I thought this was moved to Monday Night for its high drama

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by Packey on Nov 19, 2009 9:24 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

so this is on cbs so how will the black out work??

I was under the impression that the games on cbs where nation wide

Just Remember matt... what would Daunte do??

by det32 on Nov 19, 2009 10:08 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Seriously?

CBS typically has AFC games and carries them the same way as FOX. Only the Thanksgiving game is national for us.

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by Sean Yuille on Nov 20, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

whos suprised

neither of these teams can sell seats alone the only good sell we had was when everyone went to see the steelers in detroit. I dunno if I will black out if we lose I mean St louis did beat us we should win ( words of poision) in detroit I live by grandrapids so the blackout won’t effect me but I do think its sad the lions have alot of work to do to rebuild the fan base the economy only makes it worst. I haven’t had this much faith in a head coach sense muchcci was in town…and schwarts has no millen to deal with..Whom by the way is calling thursday night football on nfl net and if det ever got a game with him he may be thrown threw the booth to fall to his demise

by The Profiler on Nov 19, 2009 11:12 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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