The Blackout Charade

The NFL is trying to look good by announcing they are lifting the blackout rule for televising home games if they are not sold out. The FCC had recently ruled it to be against existing guidelines. The NFL lowered their tolerance to 85% of the tickets being sold before kickoff.

The league said that no games were blacked out in 2013 or 2014. They are now in compliance with the FCC. They didn't do anything extra on their part.