Sports Blackout Rule
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With Cuyahoga County Taxpayers Spending $5.8 Million on NFL Stadium Repairs, Brown Urges Ohioans to Contact FCC Regarding the Sports Blackout Rule
Following the news that Cuyahoga County taxpayers will spend $5.8 million to repair Cleveland Browns Stadium, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today urged Ohioans to contact the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in advance of the February 13 deadline for public comment on the Sports Bla...…Read More
Posted on 2/7/2012 | -
With Announcement from FCC Today, Brown Moves the Chains in Fight to Repeal Outdated Blackout Rule
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is planning to reconsider the Sports Blackout Rule, a 1970s-era regulation that allows sports leagues, like the NFL, to black out broadcasts of a local sports game when the game does not sell out. At th...…Read More
Posted on 1/12/2012 | -
In Advance of Sixth Blackout for the Bengals this Season, Brown Calls Out the NFL for Profitting from Failed Policy
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Following a record-breaking contract with the television companies resulting in massive profits for the National Football League (NFL), U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown called on the NFL to end its failed blackout policy. Last week, the NFL signed a nine-year television contract extension that will bo...…Read More
Posted on 12/23/2011 |