Eclipse2K
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Aren't game blackouts dependent on the specific team and their TV contracts? Its not because of the service provider... I dont think? Any sports team that has a TV contract black out clause, is toast depending on the teams terms of their TV deal.
IIRC Oakland Raiders have a local TV black out clause. If the home game is not a sell out, TV broadcast is blocked. Fortunately they sell out every game.
This is different though. Chicago Cubs, Bears and Blackhawks never get blacked out on television now a days. It's been a long time since they were. The Cubs were blacked out because ABC will not allow the game to be streamed on the internet even if it's a cable service such as YouTube TV or PSVue. It won't even stream on my Xfinity App while on WiFi when everything else will. It did, however, work on the cable box itself. This is just ABC being greedy and unfortunately if all my games don't show I can't justify having a service.