NOTICE REGARDING TV BLACKOUTS
FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

The 2008 MLB season is underway, but fans of several Midwest-area baseball teams may find themselves frustrated when tuning in to their favorite game.

Major League Baseball rules require mandatory blackouts of games on ESPN, ESPN2, TBS, and other networks for certain teams. For Iowa, the blackout rules apply to the following teams: Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, and St. Louis Cardinals. Those blackout rules have been modified this year so that many more games will be blacked out than ever before.

Listings on TV Guide Interactive (Digital Cable onscreen guide) and TV Guide Channel (Ch. 99) may sometimes show that a specific game will be on, but ends up being blacked out. If you tune in to a game and find that its not on, it is likely because of the blackout.

When a game is blacked out, the network will usually provide alternate programming. For example, ESPN blackouts will be covered by ESPNews and TBS blackouts will feature CNN Headline News.

SMU HAS NO CONTROL OVER THESE BLACKOUTS! They are controlled by Major League Baseball and the networks that carry the games. We apologize for any inconvenience these blackouts might cause.