Will we see blackouts this year?
 

Personally I think the blackout rule is stupid with the popularity of the NFL. That being said, will next week vs. the Cowboys be the last home game we see on TV for a while?

As it moves into winter I think we will. With that said, Clark punched this ticket the minute DV left town and he let Carl and Herm take over.

It's looking like the Chiefs/Browns game might be blacked out.

With as many empty seats as there's been the past 2 games, I'm wondering how they skirted the blackout rule to begin with.

Sadly I paid for Sunday Ticket

I wish the games would black out for me

I had a friend of mine text me and say the announcers said it was a sellout.

:LOL:

Will we see blackouts this year?
 

I'm thinking I could see one Saturday night.

I've been to games that aired despite maybe 20K in the stands. The season tickets are sold tickets whether people show up or not... Unless something has changed recently, channel 4 probably bought whatever leftovers there were at a heavy discount. They comp tickets, as well. So they can "sellout" without literally selling all the tickets in the stadium.

Probably the biggest risks are Buffalo and Cleveland. The rest of the teams on the schedule are either popular franchises nationally or division opponents.

Dude, I've been told by 2 different people in the ticket office that the ST base now consists of 38K.

The place holds 79K.

You do the math.

EDIT: Saw your edit regarding comp tickets. They must be comping a shitton of seats weekly to stay on TV, because the numbers don't add up otherwise.

Actually its at 75k right now. They are getting the big companies in KC to buy blocks of tickets. Some nerdy dude sat in front of me from Burns & McDonnell trying to figure out how much they spent on tickets from the ones listed in the program. I got a good inside chuckle at that since its not at face value when they do that.

Capacity, or the ST base?

I talked to 2 different reps the week of the Oakland game, and they both told me approximately 38K. Can't see why they'd lie.

The Chiefs have given away many tickets for the first two games. The NFL only allows for a total amount of comps tickets over the season and the Chiefs are very close to that number after two games. Paid tickets for both games have been less than 65,000 per game and turnstile around 60,000 per game. Turnstile is people in stands, so with all the comps and paid tickets over 5,000 per game are not showing up.

Without TV stations or sponsors...blackouts here we come.

you will be effected by the blackout, just like the rest of us.

Capacity

Not if he's outside the viewing area.

Not everyone here lives in KC.