Is It Really A Sellout?

Tickets for the Pats home schedule will go on sale Tuesday. Fans can buy up to four per game. The team continues its sellout streak since the Kraft family bought the team in 1994. This will allow for all home games to be broadcast to the local fans.

Not all teams have the same ease at selling tickets. The Tennessee Titans put their home games on sale and only one fan camped out overnight. They have a streak of 144 home sellouts, but that should keep going in spite of having about 3,500 tickets for each game.

The NFL conveniently allows teams to purchase the remaining tickets 72 hours before the kickoff at 34 cents on the dollar. They often work with local media outlets and sponsors to ensure that the tickets get distributed in order to avoid a local television blackout.

Everyone is happy, especially the fans who want to stay at home and watch the game in the comfort of their living room. The sellout streaks continue, but they are often a fallacy. The Boston Red Sox have proven that over the years.