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NFL compromises on blackout rule


September 10, 2009 The National Football League has made somewhat of a concession to its blackout rule Thursday, announcing it will make all affected games available in the local markets via tape-delay. Rebroadcasts will not be offered for ESPN's "Monday Night Football" telecasts, and while those matchups generally sell out, the 2009 schedule does include home games set in such at-risk markets as New Orleans and Minneapolis. Per the NFL's long-standing blackout rule, games are not telecast in markets in which the local franchise fails to sell out its home stadium 72 hours before kickoff.

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