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The Federal Communications Commission officially set in motion late Wednesday a proposal to end the 40-year-old rule preventing a cable or satellite operator from carrying a National Football League game blacked out on local TV.
FCC commissioner and former acting chairwoman Mignon Clyburn circulated the item just before Tom Wheeler was made chairman early last month.
Blackouts have never been popular, driving a number of lawmakers and organizations, including the Sports Fan Coalition, to petition the FCC to do away with them.
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