and the NFL always wins in ratings.

I wonder about the games before and after them. Will teams play Sunday - Wednesday- Monday (at least)? Maybe the same 4 teams play again the Monday after. The article doesn’t say.

After the Ravens won in 2013 they played 4 games in 21 days to open the next season.

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Same "recovery window" they allow for Sunday>Thursday night games. But I've always thought that bullshit: give all teams a bye before mid-week games. The NFL is so "concerned" about injuries that they've altered rules up the wazoo, but then they'll schedule games 3 1/2 days within each other.

BYE first, then the Wednesday/Thursday game, then the following weekend game.

Here's an even better idea: how about NO football on Christmas?

particularly football and hockey, ceded that holiday to the NBA. The NHL still treats it like a three-day-weekend, but at least we get some football to watch if we so choose.

Also, I think the way we look at that day has changed quite a bit over my lifetime. I'm sure when I was born in the '60s the populace would have been shocked at professional games being played on what many considered to be a holy day. Secularism works!

I'll watch if that's the case. Even if it's on Amazon Prime, we have access because my wife has an Amazon subscription. But any other platform, and I'm out!