A nonprofit organization known as SportsFans.org has asked the FCC to put an end to blackouts of sports broadcasts, including NFL games. The group asks the FCC to revise or cease retransmission disputes, which led to seven regular-season home games for the Buccaneers not being shown on television in the local market last season. "Sports fans have become a political football in retransmission consent disputes," the filing said. "In the recurring smack-down negotiations between big broadcasters and big pay-TV companies, games are pulled right before the action starts, leaving fans in the cold. Fans who are vital to the success of sports and who have contributed through multiple public and private expenditures are treated like fumbled pigskins."