Will Tom Gores be forced out as owner of the Pistons?

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Back in the 90's, when the Lions were still playing in the Silverdome [[an 80,000 + seat venue) The Lions regularly did not sell out their home games. Back then the NFL operated under a "blackout" rule for televising home games [[sellout within 72 hours of kickoff or no local broadcast) It was very common for their home games to NOT be televised. There was at least one occasion I'm sure of, but I think two occasions where the Lions made the playoffs, had a home playoff game and it was not a sellout and not televised in the local area.

The local broadcast blackouts also extended to all television markets that had at least a small portion of their area be within a 75-mile radius of the stadium. This explains why those games weren't televised on Toledo stations, Flint stations or Lansing stations either.

Sidenote: remember when every bar had antenna towers on their roofs back in the pre-cable days? They put those up so as to receive Lansing stations for Lions games back when the blackout rules were even stricter [[no local broadcast of any home game regardless of attendance or sellout).

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Basketball has been one of the fastest growing sports for the past decade. Maybe sports like baseball are in trouble, but basketball is getting more and more revenue abroad without needing to focus as much on domestic revenue.

I agree. The pandemic is making things tough on all sports, but basketball found a way to get through the season, better than the other sports. A lot of variables helped, like basketball doesn't have nearly as many players as the NFL or MLB to monitor. If any league would be in trouble it's the NHL as they aren't as popular as the other sports.