Sports Fan Coalition: Sports Exec Alleges NFL Pressured Broadcasters To Buy Tickets

The Sports Fans Coalition (SFC) has asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate an allegation that the National Football League pressured broadcasters to buy up regular season and playoff game tickets to avoid blackouts. The SFC conceded there were no FCC rules involved in that allegation, or any FCC authority, but insisted that if there needed to be such pressure to avoid the blackout, there was something wrong with the underlying blackout policy in the first place.