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AZ Football Blackouts
Why does Cox blackout football on Fox/CBS whenever the Cardinals are playing? For example: The Cardinals are currently playing the Colts on CBS, however, the Fox game of the week (Dallas at New York) is blacked out and is a completely unrelated game/channel. I understand you have to see the local team on the local station, but why is the other station blacked out when the rest of the nation can see it?
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Domino
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The "blackout" wasn't Cox's doing. It was done because of NFL rules.
Check out http://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2013&wk=12
See the map showing coverage of the afternoon game(s) on Fox? See the gray area in the upper 80% of Arizona? See the explanation that the gray area means "NO GAME due to NFL rules" ?? That's your answer. Since Arizona was at home in a afternoon game, Fox could not televise a competing game. The same thing occurred for the morning game around Kansas City, Houston, Cleveland, San Francisco, and Baltimore.
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