How do blackouts work?

[mlmpetert]

I am more confused now. I thought the owners made the decision individually so that they could sell more tickets, looking to get over that breakeven point of tickets sold vs revenue from television ads. It almost seems like this proctecs the network from possibly airing a game that has little interest. Plus what is this all about:

Other teams elect to close off sections of their stadium, but cannot sell these tickets for any game that season if they choose to do so.[

What would happen if a team that covered up its seats ended up hosting a playoff home game (stranger things have happened ie skins take 3 recievers in the second round of the 2008 draft).


This whole thing just seems real backwords.