Yep
In the 1960s, Burnley F.C. chairman Bob Lord successfully convinced fellow [Football League] chairmen that televised matches on a Saturday afternoon would have a negative effect on the attendances of other football league games that were not being televised and as a result reduce their financial income.
As a result, the FA do not permit English matches to be televised live between 2:45pm and 5:15pm on a Saturday
Some stupid fucking rule because they think the Exeter city fans wont go watch them if they can watch the PL games on the tv at 3.
Worst thing in football this fucking thing
Imagine the cash they could get for those TV broadcasts now
They already do world wide
It is an old outmoded idea, total bullshit. Here, we get all the Edmonton Oilers NHL games, home and away, and even with the team in a string of shit seasons the rink sells out three nights a week.
Imagine that. People still want to go watch ice hockey live even though every game is on the tv. Someone should tell the FA this.
How does the Exeter City FCās of the NHL cope with no one at their games tho? 
Struggling in the minor leagues. Much like Exeter.
Filling that rink even happens in the dead of winter nights when any sane person doesnāt put their head out of the door. Go figure.
Itās religion up here, but itās weird, even teams in warmer climates, traditional non-hockey areas like California, Florida, Texas, etc., still fill their arenas. Some of that is Canadian snowbirds (those who āwinterā down there).
The NFL has a system of blackouts that basically go info effect if a game isnāt sold outā¦ so local TV will be blacked out for the networks if the team doesnāt sell the home game out. Iām not sure if that still happens, but I would guess so.
I understand the logic behind the 15:00 blackout. What I donāt understand is why they allow games to happen at 12:30 and 17:30 on the same day.
The logic that would make you not watch the 15:00 game is surely the same logic that makes you watch the 12:30 and 17:30 games.
Thereās no way most people can watch the 12:30 kick off until it finishes, get to a live game and get to your seat within 30 minutes, and then get home in time for the 17:30 kick off unless you live in walking distance to a stadium.
A lot probably do to be fair. Certainly lower down the league. Aināt no one going to watch Scunthorpe unless you live there 
Does any other European country with a big league have a nonsense rule like this?
No. Of course not. Itās just the UK.
Not to sound like a pedant but is it a UK rule affecting all UK leagues or just an English/England one?
Not pedantic at all!
If Iām right itās English league games only
Affects all Scottish games aswell
The streaming service, founded by Leeds owner Andrea Radrizzani, has twice shown [La Liga] games at 3.15pm on Saturdays in recent weeks, despite UEFAās article 48 banning the broadcast of live football between 2.45pm and 5.15pm.
However, that rule, which has been in place since the late 1950s, is now only enforced in England, Montenegro and Scotland
Really canāt see us getting 3 points. Our away form is terrible, weāll probably see Mustafi starting in either a back four or back three and our midfield will still be cobbled together from whoever is available. Iād rather see Iwobi in midfield than Elneny, Iād rather see a traffic cone in defense than Mustafi but alas weāll probably end up seeing both Elneny and Mustafi start.
Itās just not great at the moment. Weāll probably lose at Wolves and than put all our eggs in the Europa League basket.
