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The Lions' winless performance in 2008 and 2–14 season in 2009, coupled with the effects of the Great Recession in Michigan, led to several local broadcast blackouts, as local fans did not purchase enough tickets by the 72-hour blackout deadline.
The National Football League television blackout policies are the strictest among the four major professional sports leagues in North America.. The NFL maintained a blackout policy, from 1973 through 2014, that stated that a home game cannot be televised in the team's local market if 85 percent of the tickets are not sold out 72 hours before the starting time of the match.
The Lions' winless performance in 2008 and 2–14 season in 2009 led to several local broadcast blackouts, as local fans did not purchase enough tickets by the 72 hour blackout deadline. In 2008, five of the Lions' final six home games of the season did not sell out, with the Thanksgiving game being the exception.
Mayfield didn't talk to the media because he was frustrated with how he played against the Lions. Skip to main content. Sports. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Both of the Lions wins in 2009 were blacked out on local television (the Detroit, Flint/Tri-Cities, Lansing/Jackson and Toledo markets) because the game didn't sell out by the 72-hour deadline. In the games that Detroit didn't sell out, the attendances were announced at just over 40,000 and quite often, the stadium looked only half full.
He ignited the Lions' lone touchdown drive of the first half with second-and-long runs of 18 and 13 yards, but lost a fumble on a screen pass at the 6-yard line with 55 seconds left in the second ...
NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle refused to lift the blackout, despite a plea from Attorney General Richard Kleindienst, who then suggested that the U.S. Congress re-evaluate the NFL's antitrust exemption. Rozelle agreed to lift the blackout for Super Bowl VII on an "experimental basis", but Congress intervened before the 1973 season anyway ...
The banged-up Detroit Lions took some serious hits in their loss to the Buffalo Bills. “Nobody cares,” coach Dan Campbell said Monday. Running back David Montgomery and defensive tackle Alim ...