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mightyflynn:

brighteryellow:

Unless you live in Iowa, a state with 0 professional baseball teams.

“I don’t understand (blackouts) myself,” Selig said at a luncheon with the Baseball Writers Association of America. “I get blacked out from some games.”

While he did not outline a plan, Selig said he had spoken with Major League Baseball about addressing the blackout issue.

“Right now,” he said, “I don’t know what to do about it. We’ll figure it out.”

…The rules, developed about 40 years ago to protect teams’ marketing areas, have fallen woefully out of date with a sport able to televise every game.

Instead, fans in Las Vegas cannot watch the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks. And no one in Iowa can watch the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals. And so on, all across the country. 

… “I hear more about people who can’t get the game,” Selig said, “and, yes, I’ve already told our people we have to do something about it.”

— Jeff Passan, “Selig’s Promise” (Yahoo Sports), July 11, 2006

We’re waiting Mr. Selig.