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3 hours ago, Fan4Life said:

What a load of crap this is in general... I'm sure it has been expressed several times in the past...  isn't the blackout rule to try and entice the local viewers to the game? I live 6 hours from the Atlanta Braves games.. yet I am blacked out. Just stupid. Good thing

 

1) I am an O's fan

2) I use a VPN so... 

It has nothing to do with them wanting you to go to the stadium 6 hours away, it has to do with them wanting you to pay the cable company or satellite provider for the broadcast in your area. They are in bed together with the MLB.

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3 hours ago, Malike said:

It has nothing to do with them wanting you to go to the stadium 6 hours away, it has to do with them wanting you to pay the cable company or satellite provider for the broadcast in your area. They are in bed together with the MLB.

Thanks. I had the correct emotion., just the incorrect motive. 

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4 hours ago, yark14 said:

My home state of Iowa is a baseball desert...

Manfred has been on a fix since 2021:

Back in 2021, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said fixing the problem of blackout restrictions in Iowa was a top priority. Yet, here we are in 2023 without a solution.

https://dailyiowan.com/2023/04/09/opinion-mlb-needs-to-get-rid-of-blackout-restrictions/

But the recent collapse of several RSN’s seems to actually be pushing MLB to some sort of new blackout free universal streaming model. I am not exactly holding my breath.

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10 minutes ago, Chavez Ravine said:

Manfred has been on a fix since 2021:

Back in 2021, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said fixing the problem of blackout restrictions in Iowa was a top priority. Yet, here we are in 2023 without a solution.

https://dailyiowan.com/2023/04/09/opinion-mlb-needs-to-get-rid-of-blackout-restrictions/

But the recent collapse of several RSN’s seems to actually be pushing MLB to some sort of new blackout free universal streaming model. I am not exactly holding my breath.

MLB has no problem pimping out the Field of Dreams game and the cash it brings in, but can't make the effort to make the blackout restrictions in the flyover states remotely fair.  

Baltimore to Boston is nearly the same distance as my hometown is to Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Chicago.  Last time I checked Red Sox games aren't blacked out in Baltimore.

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