Preseason finale blacked out!

[andyahs]

Tape delay for me......oh well.

The Dolphins preseason finale against Dallas at Sun Life Stadium will not be televised live because the game will not be sold out in time to lift the local TV blackout.

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[BAMAPHIN 22]

The Dolphins preseason finale against Dallas at Sun Life Stadium will not be televised live because the game will not be sold out in time to lift the local TV blackout. The game will be televised on a taped delay basis.

The Dolphins will make the announcement later this afternoon so that fans wishing to watch the game live have time to get their tickets and make plans to attend.
That's not good news, but the more sobering news may be on the horizon.

The Dolphins also plan to make it clear to their fans that tickets sales for regular-season games are not going as well as the team would like and that could mean blackouts of several meaningful regular-season games are about to happen.

Several home games on the regular-season schedule -- starting with the Week 2 game against Houston -- are so far from being sold out that the club is warning fans the only way to see them might be to buy tickets.

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[TurkishFin99]

So does that mean that we cant watch it if we got the preseason package on nfl.com?

 

[finfan54]

i'm good. got the football package. its just like buying season tickets.

 

[Phinatic8u]

Who cares?

I wouldnt go to the last preseason game either.

 

[Nublar7]

So does that mean that we cant watch it if we got the preseason package on nfl.com?

If you live outside of the blackout zone, you will be able to watch the game live.

 

[datruth55]

So does that mean that we cant watch it if we got the preseason package on nfl.com?

As long as you're not in the local broadcast area you should be fine.

 

[Built2Win]

how much of a tape delay? a few hours? next day?

 

[rvz1020]

Thats okay by me. I have my tickets for both Hou and Den games. Let the games begin already.

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[phinzfan21]

Finally, something breaks my way out here. I get to see it since it's a Cowpokes game.

 

[Lloyd Heilbrunn]

Makes no sense unless they are just showing what could happen the regular season if tickets don't start selling.

Because there is no way they have really sold out PS the last few years, they just lifted the blackout. Is anyone really going to believe that more people bought tics to see Carolina than Dallas this PS?

Just another bad PR move.

 

[sharp]

Good thing its gonna rain all week, I might have a stream in my backyard