Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120117:21:57:00
Can't afford a ticket to the game, you go home to watch it on tv only to find out the game has been blacked out. you helped pay for the stadium, but you can't watch the game. it's beyond unfair. now all that is bad enough, but it gets worse. the federal government helps prop up the blackout system. in the 1970s, the sports leagues lobbied the fcc to establish the rule. the rule says if the league orders a blackout, sports fans cannot get the game through cable or satellite. in other words, the federal government makes sure that when a sports league orders a blackout, the fan has absolutely, po...