Panthers avoid Blackout

[jtnc]

he Panthers' game against Jacksonville on Sunday will be televised locally after Anheuser-Busch and WBTV bought the unsold tickets to ensure the game would not be blacked out.

Anheuser-Busch, corporate partner of the Panthers and the NFL, and WBTV, Charlotte's CBS affiliate that will air Sunday's game, will distribute the tickets to local charities, military members and first responders with local police, fire and EMS departments.

The Panthers had 1,200 tickets remaining as of Tuesday. Team officials did not say how many were left by Thursday's NFL deadline to avoid a blackout.

Sunday's game will be the Panthers' 87th consecutive sellout. The team has had only two blackouts since entering the league in 1995, both during the 2002 season.

The Panthers failed to sell out the '02 opener, coming off a 1-15 finish in George Seifert's last year. Their last blackout was a game against Cincinnati on Dec. 8, 2002, when an icestorm hit Charlotte.

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2011/09/panthers-avoid-blackout.html

[rayzor]

like it was ever a possibility.

the only thing we had going against us this week was that we were playing the jags. i mean who cares? tix that usually go to fans of other teams probably had a tough time getting sold.

[TruCatzFan]

Serious question regarding blackouts...

I know what it means... But does anybody know what the #'s have to look like to avoid a blackout? Like, do we have to sellout the stadium to avoid blackouts? I suppose I could have googled it. But I figured somebody here already knows. Why not tap into our knowledge base...

[Gipetto]

Panthers will never blackout so who cares about he numbers

[Mr ocho nueve]

And the Jags fan was telling us we don't fill up our stadium. :lol: At least were smart enough to buy the tickets out so we can watch it on tv.

[Panthers128]

I went to that Bengals game. Rodney Peete tore it up and Steve Smith was fascinating in the return game.

[jtnc]

At least those tickets go to people who make a difference.

[Ja Rhule]

WBTV gave free tickets (up to 4 free tickets) for the past 2 days, every morning. They might do same thing tomorrow.

[iamcline]

Panthers will never blackout so who cares about he numbers

Like it hasn't happened before, eh? '02 Ravens & Bengals games...how ironic it happened both times against AFC North opponents on CBS. :cheers2:

[Boltergeist]

Serious question regarding blackouts...

I know what it means... But does anybody know what the #'s have to look like to avoid a blackout? Like, do we have to sellout the stadium to avoid blackouts? I suppose I could have googled it. But I figured somebody here already knows. Why not tap into our knowledge base...

We didn't have a complete sellout in the Q once, but they still lifted it - IDK why they didn't require those seats to be sold. It might be that way in other stadiums

[Razzy]

I hate the blackout rule.

[Boltergeist]

I hate the blackout rule.

I'm not a big fan of the whole no other game can be on if you're in a team's primary market and they're playing at home rule

[Razzy]

That too, instead of putting in an out of market game you get nothing. It's a punishment for not meeting their blackmail request.

I actually live in San Diego and, while Chargers games don't get blacked out often because of recent success, we get weird blackouts IE after a bad loss or this weekend against KC. Everyone expects it to be such a blowout, that the stadium didn't sell. It doesn't help that the average price of attending an NFL game is ridiculous.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

I'm just glad I don't have to listen to FOX people. I wish I could be at the game puttin my swag on some jags but life sometimes gets in the way of my football.