{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/743713.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":743713,"attributes":{"action":"Change the black out law for the football","background":"The black outlaw was introduced in the 1960s to encourage people to watch the lower league teams play. It’s now 2025 and I feel we should be able to watch the Premier League without having a blackout if anyone’s interested in the lower league teams they will watch it anyway","additional_details":"I would like to try and scrap the black outlaw in that was introduced in the 1960s to encourage people the lower league teams. I feel like if anyone was gonna watch them, they would do it. I think this law should be scrapped now it’s 2025. Lots of things have changed.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2025-09-27T12:14:54.672Z","updated_at":"2025-10-24T11:15:30.827Z","rejected_at":"2025-10-24T11:15:22.166Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-10-01T15:37:10.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"Decisions about when to hold and broadcast football matches are a matter for the FA, the Premier League and the Football League, and broadcasters, not the Government or House of Commons."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}