Post by TheShadow on Oct 18, 2012 19:05:29 GMT -5
www.insidebayarea.com/
By Jerry McDonald
ALAMEDA -- The Raiders were granted a one-day extension Thursday in order to sell enough tickets to prevent local television blackout of their game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Given the 1-4 records of both the Raiders and Jaguars, and the fact that Jacksonville is not a team with a traditional national following, the possibility exists of the first blackout Sunday in 10 games.
The Raiders sold out their entire eight-game home schedule last season as well as the season opener against San Diego and a Week 3 win over Pittsburgh.
Given that the Raiders are one of two teams to adopt the NFL's "85 percent threshold" rule, they won't have to account for every ticket to remove the blackout.
Enacted this year to help teams sell out their games, teams were given the option to declare a sellout if they sold 85 percent of their tickets, not including suites.
Teams that use the 85 percent threshold must give half the money of all tickets sold above that standard to the visiting team's pool instead of the usual 34 percent.
Tampa Bay, which has had 13 blackouts in 15 games heading into this season and announced its first non-blackout Thursday for its game against New Orleans, is the other NFL team which adopted the 85 percent rule.
Offensive coordinator Greg Knapp said the running game against Atlanta included some "one-back power" runs as well wide zone and tight zone plays.
He felt much of the improvement (149 yards, 33 carries) was that the circumstances of the game enabled them to stick with the run for four quarter
Right tackle Khalif Barnes (groin), cornerback Shawntae Spencer (foot) and tight end Richard Gordon (hamstring) did not practice. They were joined by running back Taiwan Jones (knee), who has been doing good work as a special teams gunner.
Allen said Spencer is out of his protective boot and Spencer said in a tweet he was "off crutches and feeling better every day."
By Jerry McDonald
ALAMEDA -- The Raiders were granted a one-day extension Thursday in order to sell enough tickets to prevent local television blackout of their game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Given the 1-4 records of both the Raiders and Jaguars, and the fact that Jacksonville is not a team with a traditional national following, the possibility exists of the first blackout Sunday in 10 games.
The Raiders sold out their entire eight-game home schedule last season as well as the season opener against San Diego and a Week 3 win over Pittsburgh.
Given that the Raiders are one of two teams to adopt the NFL's "85 percent threshold" rule, they won't have to account for every ticket to remove the blackout.
Enacted this year to help teams sell out their games, teams were given the option to declare a sellout if they sold 85 percent of their tickets, not including suites.
Teams that use the 85 percent threshold must give half the money of all tickets sold above that standard to the visiting team's pool instead of the usual 34 percent.
Tampa Bay, which has had 13 blackouts in 15 games heading into this season and announced its first non-blackout Thursday for its game against New Orleans, is the other NFL team which adopted the 85 percent rule.
Offensive coordinator Greg Knapp said the running game against Atlanta included some "one-back power" runs as well wide zone and tight zone plays.
He felt much of the improvement (149 yards, 33 carries) was that the circumstances of the game enabled them to stick with the run for four quarter
Right tackle Khalif Barnes (groin), cornerback Shawntae Spencer (foot) and tight end Richard Gordon (hamstring) did not practice. They were joined by running back Taiwan Jones (knee), who has been doing good work as a special teams gunner.
Allen said Spencer is out of his protective boot and Spencer said in a tweet he was "off crutches and feeling better every day."