First home preseason game may get blacked out
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TheJokersWILD said:
Can i ask you something? WHY DO YOU POST HERE? You have absolutely NOTHING to say EVER
So StoolerSChuck. why are you here? At least some of the other stooler trolls have something to say. The only bandwagoner here is you. Yinz can suck my d*ck.
Regards to that .........................
That has been asked numerous times to StoolerSchmuck, and his only response is inbred-hillbilly Stooler speak.
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TheJokersWILD said:
What does A.I have to do with the Browns? I'm sure you guys would welcome him with open arms as long as he meets the minimum requirements of being roided up.ha ha... Just a random thought . EXIBITION games are not much more than PRACTICE !!!
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It better not get blocked out or I just bought a 52" TV for nothing that would suck!!
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UPDATE
http://cle.scout.com/2/889395.html
The Browns are believed to be about 4,000 seats short of a sellout in 73,200-seat Cleveland Browns Stadium for Saturday night’s preseason opener against the Detroit Lions. Cleveland’s WKYC (Channel 3) has a contract to telecast all four Browns preseason games and, following the airing of last Saturday night’s 17-0 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the opener, is set to do the Lions contest as well with Jim Donovan, moving over from his radio play-by-play duties, and color analyst Bernie Kosar.
But what will happen if Saturday’s game fails to sell out? Will the Browns still decide to air it? It’s anyone’s guess. All 100 Browns home games in the 10 years of the expansion era – 80 in the regular season and 20 in the preseason -- have sold out beforehand and have been televised locally.
The Browns haven’t blacked out a home contest due to it failing to sell out since the original franchise’s last season in Cleveland in 1995. A crowd of 55,388, about 17,000 short of capacity when the no-shows are tabulated, showed up on Nov. 19 – two weeks after the announcement of the franchise’s impending move to Baltimore following the year -- to see a young, emerging quarterback named Brett Favre and the Packers turn back the Browns 31-20.
The Browns then sold out their final two home games against the Pittsburgh Steelers the following Sunday and against the Cincinnati Bengals on Dec. 17. With no-shows figured in, crowds of 67,269 and 55,875, respectively, watched those two contests.
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Browns offer fans new ticket deals to avoid broadcast blackout
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns are offering up new ticket deals for the first home pre-season game against the Detroit Lions.
If the team doesn't sell out the stadium, then the August 22 broadcast on WKYC-TV will be blacked out in the Cleveland market and three affiliate markets in Youngstown, Columbus and Dayton.
There hasn't been a blacked out broadcast since the team returned to Cleveland in 1999.
To help spur ticket sales, the Browns are cutting the costs for fans.
For the Lions game only, the Browns are offering 50% off on all remaining game tickets. That means fans can get a seat that normally would sell for $32 for just $16. The Browns are also offering a "family four-pack" which includes tickets, hot dogs, and soft drinks for $99.
Click here to order your tickets. You'll need to use the promo code "HALFOFF" to get the discount.
Browns offer fans new ticket deals to avoid broadcast blackout
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns are offering up new ticket deals for the first home pre-season game against the Detroit Lions.
If the team doesn't sell out the stadium, then the August 22 broadcast on WKYC-TV will be blacked out in the Cleveland market and three affiliate markets in Youngstown, Columbus and Dayton.
There hasn't been a blacked out broadcast since the team returned to Cleveland in 1999.
To help spur ticket sales, the Browns are cutting the costs for fans.
For the Lions game only, the Browns are offering 50% off on all remaining game tickets. That means fans can get a seat that normally would sell for $32 for just $16. The Browns are also offering a "family four-pack" which includes tickets, hot dogs, and soft drinks for $99.
Click here to order your tickets. You'll need to use the promo code "HALFOFF" to get the discount.
Whoa there! I can see them blacking out an unsold game in the CLEVELAND market, but Columbus and Dayton aren't Cleveland market!!! In fact, Dayton is considered a Cincinnati market. Personally doesn't matter, as I'll be making the trip up for the game, but blacking out the entire state is a really bad PR move.
And just maybe Randy & Co. will take this as a message that even the greatest fans in football (Sorry Stooler Schmuck, everybody loves a winner) are finally, finally fed up with an unmitigated string of a lousy product.
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The game is sold out.
Browns avoid TV blackout for Saturday
By Patrick McManamon
Beacon Journal sports columnist
POSTED: 02:34 p.m. EDT, Aug 18, 2009
The preseason game Saturday between the Browns and Detroit Lions will be televised locally.
Browns Vice President Bill Bonsiewicz said in an e-mail that the Browns and WKYC (Channel 3) came to an agreement today to buy up all remaining tickets and donate them to charity, though details have yet to be worked out.
League rules stated that if the game were not sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff, by 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, it had to be blacked out. The Browns have not had a local television broadcast blacked out since they returned to the field in 1999.
Browns Vice President Bill Bonsiewicz said in an e-mail that the Browns and WKYC (Channel 3) came to an agreement today to buy up all remaining tickets and donate them to charity, though details have yet to be worked out.
League rules stated that if the game were not sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff, by 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, it had to be blacked out. The Browns have not had a local television broadcast blacked out since they returned to the field in 1999.
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