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Motel 02x02

posted 5 years ago by pluckytotheend (263)
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This episode confused me because it concerned a sold out Bears-Packers game that's blacked out. I thought football broadcasts were blacked out if the seats weren't sold out. So why do Bob and Jerry have to go out of town to watch the game. Shouldn't they have been able to watch on television?

[–] CarolTheDabbler (575) a month ago

Apparently they blacked out all home games until 1973, when they adopted a "sold out" exception. But the game had to be sold out at least 72 hours beforehand, to allow time for the broadcast changes to be made. So either this game occurred just before that rule change or the last ticket wasn't sold in time.