(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Democratic U.S. senator is once again pushing to make sure everyone in the state can watch the Packers.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin is back with the Go Pack Go Act.
Baldwin has for years pushed for everyone who lives in Wisconsin to get Packers games during the season.
“Regardless of where you live, every Wisconsinite should be able to cheer on the Green and Gold,” Baldwin said in a statement. “But right now, hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites live in communities where they could get Vikings or Lions games broadcast on their TVs instead of Packers games.”
People in 13 counties in Wisconsin, all either near Michigan’s Upper Peninsula or near the Minnesota border, don’t automatically get Packer games on broadcast TV.
“In Wisconsin, more than 415,000 people live in [those] 13 counties that have been assigned to an out-of-state market,” Baldwin said about her Go Pack Go plan. “Wisconsinites on the Minnesota border could see the Vikings and those on the Michigan border could see the Lions instead of the Packers. [The] Go Pack Go Act would require cable and satellite providers to provide their Wisconsin subscribers with access to programming from broadcast television stations in a Wisconsin media market.”
Green Bay-area Republican Congressman Tony Wied on Thursday also came-out in favor of the Go Pack Go Act.
“Nothing brings Wisconsinites together quite like the Packers,” Wied said in a statement. “The Go Pack Go Act is about making sure every Packers fan, from Douglas to Door County, can watch their team without being forced to endure Vikings or Lions broadcasts. I’m happy to join Sen. Baldwin to lead this common sense, bipartisan legislation. If you live in the land of Lambeau, you deserve to see the Green and Gold every Sunday. No exceptions.”
Baldwin’s office says Packer fans in Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron and Sawyer Counties in the Duluth-Superior media market would be able to get Packer games. As would fans in Barron, Burnett, Dunn Polk, Pierce, St. Croix, and Washburn Counties in the Twin Cities media market. Packer backers in Florence County and Marquette, in the Michigan media market would also be able to get Packer broadcasts under the Go Pack Go Act.
