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Colts playing hardball with blackouts
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08:05 AM ET 07.11 | A change in the NFL's blackout rules won't mean much in Indy. The Indianapolis Colts will black out home games on local television if they are not sold out despite the NFL having relaxed its rule and allowing such telecasts if 85 percent of seats are sold. "We're a small-market team, and we need people in the stadium," Chief Operating Officer Pete Ward said. "While we value all of our fans, our first priority is to protect the investment of paying customers." Ward said there are 2,000 season tickets remaining. He said he is confident those will be sold, "but it's not done till it's done." If those season tickets don't sell, the Colts will try to sell them on an individual-game basis. Ward said that wouldn't happen for "three or four weeks."
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Joe fan will be happy to know this.
TxHeat
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wow.......who cares unless you live in Indy.
HILLBILLY
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its all about the green.
Hatrunner
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Well, maybe they should consider the cost associated. To tell fans they can't watch a game on TV because the stadium isn't sold out is ridiculous. This game has gone so far from the blue collar game that it was to an elitist sport, I may actually start watching baseball.
Lightly Salted Nuts
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It sounds like nobody cares even if they do live in Indy.
This kind of greedy, anti-fan behavior makes me almost ready to say The Colts Suck! but I'm not sure how well that would go over. Let's test it in a small-market-team thread to see how it goes.
Debbie Does
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And if they don't sell them, they'll find a better city and move in the middle of the night.
Spaceman Spiff
Richmond , VA
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Be the first kid on your block to have an Andrew Luck "LA Conquistadors" jersey.
Debbie Does
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Why not LA Matadors? I know it would make more sense for a basketball team, especially when playing Chicago but LA already has 2 basketball teams...
---Loki---
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The Colts will be much better this year...they will at least double their wins from last year...to 4-12.
...the best policy
Harrodsburg, KY
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The LA Snorters?
SouthernBlueFan
Auburn , AL
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Indianapolis a City in Perpetual Blackout!!
Not4Nutten
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let's just save that for one team in particular.
TxHeat
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Best of Luck with all that.
THE BISHOP!
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Yeah, I like that one, too. Not sure if we can get it by the animal rights people, though. They go bullsheet over bull fighting.
Debbie Does
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If Luck flops Indy may not sell any tickets for a few years.
SteveDallas
Amarillo, TX
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In Pamplona, I root for the bulls....I heard they got a few this year....
---Loki---
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The losers get made into Spam.
Debbie Does
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LOL!
Otis B. Driftwood
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