Alright here's my beef...the CFL makes the decision to blackout games in the home team's market if the game isn't sold out, and even then, the game has still been blacked out in the past. WHY would they block out a game in the market which would hold the largest viewing audience, then release a statement saying that tv audience numbers were down for the game?? not to mention lost advertising dollars. can you imagine if the blue jays started blocking out home games because they were'nt filling the stadium every night? frick...the CFL talks about 'growing the league' and 'reaching out to new fans'. I can't count too many people that would just go to a game and decide there whether they like the sport. Although i love the stamps, the CFL as a league has got to be the worst micky mouse gong show ever to grace the sporting world. see: ottawa renegades.
As for teh HD side of things...the technology is not in place to do stupid things like block out part of the country from watching it. Well, maybe it is, but Bell, and the other providers have got better things to do then mess around with signals for a few hours just to make a minor change such as that. Hopefully the new comissioner understands 'growing the game' better than the current one, who has in effect done the exact opposite.
NFL anyone?
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