Shoot - it's about time. The Chiefs have been one of the worst teams in football over the past 2 seasons, and have gotten worse as each season played out. When you think that they have only made the playoffs twice in 10 years, I'm not surprised in the least.

fixed it

Some have said yes, but I remember a few years back visiting friends in Frisco who had Sunday Ticket, and they always got the 49'ers games even though they weren't sold out and they lived within the local black out area. I'd call to be sure.

But the local ratings are huge, helping the station set higher spot rates for non-football dates and times. Granted, any advertiser worth their salt would know that the average rating has been influenced by the games and would negotiate, but not everyone is that smart.

Not in out of market locations.

Yes and no. KCTV sells the Chiefs football package...that is x-spots for 16 games. The question comes down to are you making enough to cover your cost of buying unused tickets from the road and home sellouts. No rates for anything else are ever set by football games. Prime time and special events set their own rates...that's why we have have sweeps. The Chiefs ratings 12:00 to 6:00 depending on kickoff has nothing to do with the ad price of The Ellen DeGeneres Show...3:00 on KCTV...same time slot.

That has got to be the dumbest thing the NFL has ever done. Pimp the Sunday ticket but then say your local team is still blacked out even though you pay a premium for the right to see it on that package.

St Joe would probably be included as well

Dumb question: if it's blacked out on local TV, and blacked out on local Sunday Ticket... can it still be shown in sportsbars in the KC area? (In other words, to the blackout rules for "home consumer" Sunday Ticket apply to sportsbars?)

No. They have access to it, unlike consumers but if they get caught showing the game it's something like a $5000 fine.

Yet another reason to buy NFL Rewind!

I'm not so sure it's the economy as much as people are getting sick of shelling out more and more each year for a mediocre product. I couldn't help but notice all the teams that are having problems are teams that suck.

Jacksonville isn't going to be anywhere close to selling out any of their games. Their season ticket base dropped from 42,000 to 25,000 this year. They have gotten lucky and avoided a lot of blackouts the past few seasons by having local sponsors buy the extra tickets and covering up over 9,000 seats. The only time they have true sellouts is when another team like Pittsburgh brings a ton of their fans.

Hello Mitch, Len and Torrents after the game. ;)

Actually it has been three years since the Jags have had sponsors or local TV buy tickets to create a sellout. New Jags front office didn't want to create a fan base of sit at home and watch the game...see Chiefs.

The Jags and Rams are the only two teams to be honest and say they can't sell the tickets. Of course, both teams are looking to move and this helps the cause.