Why do sports teams or broadcasters have blackouts blocking tv viewing?

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I’m 5.5 hours away from the closest team and any home game gets blocked. What’s the point of that? Not only is there 0 chance I’m driving there and back for a game but now I’m not even interested in watching the game or buying gear. Care to explain?

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I moved to a new area a few years ago with an NFL team. The team sucked, so they never sold out the games. Therefore they always had a tv blackout. I never became a fan because I couldn’t watch the games. I never bought a jersey, never bought a cap, nothing. I could’ve been a fan, but no.

Meanwhile, the baseball team was okay (and on tv) at the time so I followed them and went to quite a few games.

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