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Originally Posted by Ksyrup
I get all of that. It just seems that once you get into the postseason, local rules should no longer matter when it's a nationally televised playoff game. The local blackout rules are pretty ridiculous anyway. I live hours from 3 different teams (Memphis, Cleveland and Indy) that I'm "blacked out" for - even though I have a streaming service from which I can't even purchase the local channel to watch if I wanted. So whose rights are being protected in that scenario?
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From what you describe, if I'm reading it right, the national network partners like TNT.
They're not paying for those rights only to have the league compete against them with their own channel (the games were simultaneous / overlapping, right?)