Iowa does not have an MLB team, yet it and Nevada have the most broadcast blackouts of any state, Scholten said. If all six teams play other teams, that’s 40 percent of MLB games that Iowans are unable to watch on any given night.” “Despite paying for a subscription, we are unable to watch the Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, St. “Iowans are disproportionately hurt by this.” Kaufmann said in a statement. The bill was assigned to a subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, which Kaufmann chairs, exempting it from the legislative funnel deadline. Bobby Kaufmann, a Republican from Wilton.
“The aim of this bipartisan legislation is to grow America’s game, alleviate Iowa baseball fans from unfairness from media companies, and relieve bar owners from the overly burdensome purchasing of multiple channels and MLB.tv,” Scholten said in a statement announcing the legislation. Scholten - a Democrat from Sioux City and former professional baseball player - prohibits a sports broadcasting entity from “preventing major league baseball broadcasting through a blackout to paying customers of the sports broadcasting entity.”
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