Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

[BILLSROCK1212]

Bills | Senator wants less television blackouts
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:48:43 -0800

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports New York senator Charles Schumer asked the NFL to arrange the Buffalo Bills' schedule so there will not be television blackouts because of the lack of sellouts in Buffalo

Look how much support the Bills are getting outside of the NFL....if we don't stay in Buffalo Ralph will lose all the respect he has

[Stewie]

Re: Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

Shumer is a moron, and so are the Bills if they dont have home games in december.

[The Spaz]

Re: Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

Shumer is a moron, and so are the Bills if they dont have home games in december.

Who does the scheduling the Bills or the NFL?

[Stewie]

Re: Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

Who does the scheduling the Bills or the NFL?

They don't need politicians publicly proclaiming that the Bills need to sell out.

He needs to be careful what he wishes for.

[X-Era]

Re: Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

Bills | Senator wants less television blackouts
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:48:43 -0800

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports New York senator Charles Schumer asked the NFL to arrange the Buffalo Bills' schedule so there will not be television blackouts because of the lack of sellouts in Buffalo

Look how much support the Bills are getting outside of the NFL....if we don't stay in Buffalo Ralph will lose all the respect he has

Unfortunately, I dont see the NFL giving us special treatment.

I honestly believe Ralph and even Schumer are whining. Boost the prices or our tickets, go ahead and make upgrades like the Jumbotron, put a better product on the field through smart FA spending and the draft, and the revenue will come. Yes, standby and force Goodell to settle the revenue sharing issue. But that issue will be settled by Goodell, its already in the CBA that it will be.

Im frankly sick of the *****ing.

[Forward_Lateral]

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The fact that the Bills have to sell 80,000 to sell out, and other teams have to only sell about 50,000 is stupid. A "sellout" should be the avg capacity of every NFL stadium.

[X-Era]

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The fact that the Bills have to sell 80,000 to sell out, and other teams have to only sell about 50,000 is stupid. A "sellout" should be the avg capacity of every NFL stadium.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, that is food for thought and VERY true!!!!

[X-Era]

Re: Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

The fact that the Bills have to sell 80,000 to sell out, and other teams have to only sell about 50,000 is stupid. A "sellout" should be the avg capacity of every NFL stadium.

Ive got a better question, do the Bills make more money if more people watch them on TV?

Does a revised blackout rule help the Bills bottom line?

[YardRat]

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I don't agree with Schumer trying to solve the problem by asking for special dispensation, but I do think there should be a league-wide # to determine when the blackout rule takes effect.

[Stewie]

Re: Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

Ive got a better question, do the Bills make more money if more people watch them on TV?

Does a revised blackout rule help the Bills bottom line?

The official answer is no. The real answer is yes.

[alohabillsfan]

Re: Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

Sell the dan naming rights to Topps, Wegmans, or whomever and when they need a corporate sponsor to step in and purchase the remaining 3000 tiks? hmmm, sounds simple, Ralph wake up and join the rest of us in the 21 century!

[Mitchy moo]

Re: Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

I had to go sit in the cold and when we make the playoffs I hope they are all at home as well. I'll Freeze my ass off to win it all and have a week to recover my voice.

[G. Host]

Re: Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

My response to article on WSYR 9

http://www.9wsyr.com/sports/story.aspx?content_id=e287edd5-0685-4a47-8a7c-219ee222342b

http://community.9wsyr.com/forums/1315072/ShowThread.aspx#1315072

> So Bills fans, is this really the problem?

No there were other issues which Schumer does not appear to understand:
1. Early storm which took away a lot of money from community
2. New rule about moving games in 2nd half of season which negatively impacts teams with spread out fanbases. To those who live far away like I do (400 miles) the choice is allowing for possibility of game being moved to 4 PM or even worse 8 PM meaning staying an extra day costing more time and money.
3. Christmas Eve and Thanksgiving weekend are hard sells always for Bills games.
4. Sabres games has some impact on Bills but not as some have made it.

Regarding "four of the Bills home games were late in the year against teams that "were less than optimal draws." - one of those teams was the Miami Dolphins, one of the strongest sellers even when both Bills and Dolphins are doing poorly and that was game of interest to fans of both teams.

[HHURRICANE]

Re: Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

Unfortunately, I dont see the NFL giving us special treatment.

I honestly believe Ralph and even Schumer are whining. Boost the prices or our tickets, go ahead and make upgrades like the Jumbotron, put a better product on the field through smart FA spending and the draft, and the revenue will come. Yes, standby and force Goodell to settle the revenue sharing issue. But that issue will be settled by Goodell, its already in the CBA that it will be.

Im frankly sick of the *****ing.

Amen.

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

Re: Senator Schumer wants less TV blackouts

Sell the dan naming rights to Topps, Wegmans, or whomever and when they need a corporate sponsor to step in and purchase the remaining 3000 tiks? hmmm, sounds simple, Ralph wake up and join the rest of us in the 21 century!

Tops is selling stores in WNY! they had the Tops family section at the stadium it's now called the Time Warner family section and Wegmans had a falling out with the Buffalo Bills.