NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
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Joe Browne, Executive Vice President-Communications
Greg Aiello, Vice President-Public Relations
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NFL-87 10/12/06
IT’S UP TO SIX!
ALL GAMES SOLD OUT FOR SIXTH CONSECUTIVE WEEK
All games of the NFL schedule for this Sunday and Monday (Week 6) have sold out in
advance of the local TV blackout deadline, enabling every game to be televised in the hometeam
market for an unprecedented sixth week in one season.
Every game this season has been sold out at least 72 hours in advance and televised locally.
It will be the 19th time since the NFL blackout policy took effect in 1973 that blackouts have
been lifted for all games on a single weekend. The 19 times have been once in 1998; three
times in 2000; once in 2001; four times in 2002 and 2005; and six times this season.
The NFL blackout policy states that games sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff can be televised
in the home city.
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