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NFL will play on Christmas Day 2024 (Wendesday)

jvm52106 : 3/26/2024 12:02 pm
per multiple reports.
grr  
jvm52106 : 3/26/2024 12:02 pm : link
Wednesday
assholes  
djm : 3/26/2024 12:09 pm : link
thanks for making life miserable for all die hard football fans, especially the fan of the teams playing on that xmas Wednesday.

Really appreciate there NFL. Thanks. Hey, can you take a shitty idea and make it even worse by putting the game on during XMAS morning? That would be even WORSE for NFL fans. I can't wait to argue with the wife on XMAS morning about football. Really appreciate yet another big fat fuck you from the NFL. Just make that money while ruining xmas.
 
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 3/26/2024 12:10 pm : link
NBA is probably like, ‘Seriously? This was OUR day.’
Talk about safety hazard  
Mike in NY : 3/26/2024 12:11 pm : link
We are banning tackling but having really short week
RE: assholes  
RDJR : 3/26/2024 12:15 pm : link
In comment 16446584 djm said:
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thanks for making life miserable for all die hard football fans, especially the fan of the teams playing on that xmas Wednesday.

Really appreciate there NFL. Thanks. Hey, can you take a shitty idea and make it even worse by putting the game on during XMAS morning? That would be even WORSE for NFL fans. I can't wait to argue with the wife on XMAS morning about football. Really appreciate yet another big fat fuck you from the NFL. Just make that money while ruining xmas.


It’s a choice to watch. I’m sure diehard fans will find a way. Love sports on holidays. Christmas afternoons used to be a dead zone for sports and movie theaters would clean up. Glad the NBA and NFL have tried to occupy that space.
I have fond memories of last year  
Matt123 : 3/26/2024 12:21 pm : link
I was on vacation, drowning my misery in Chinese food in our hotel suite, then a second later on the play to Slayton I was jumping up and down with food flying everywhere.

It's great for those of us that don't celebrate. For those that do, that's a bummer, I did not like altering my Thanksgiving a couple years ago for the game.

Plus, playing in a Wednesday?



awesome  
jestersdead : 3/26/2024 12:25 pm : link
I remember back in 2011 when the Giants played the Jets on Christmas Eve. I was at my in laws watching the game, Giants won and then we partied.

I have no issues with this, Christmas has a lull in the schedule from 10am - 4pm, this will help the time go by.

I can already see a Giants/Eagles Christmas day matchup
NFL  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 3/26/2024 12:27 pm : link
"We care about player safety."
RE: NFL  
jvm52106 : 3/26/2024 12:28 pm : link
In comment 16446611 Eric from BBI said:
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"We care about player safety."


Depending on how the structure it- week before play on Thursday or Saturday and then the following Wednesday wouldn't be too bad.
RE: Talk about safety hazard  
JayBinQueens : 3/26/2024 12:32 pm : link
In comment 16446587 Mike in NY said:
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We are banning tackling but having really short week


You'd imagine they'd have to play Thursday the week before of coming off a bye
RE: RE: Talk about safety hazard  
Mike in NY : 3/26/2024 12:34 pm : link
In comment 16446614 JayBinQueens said:
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In comment 16446587 Mike in NY said:


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We are banning tackling but having really short week



You'd imagine they'd have to play Thursday the week before of coming off a bye


But there is only 1 Thursday game (except for Thanksgiving) and NFL would not have teams play each other in back to back weeks
RE: …  
Optimus-NY : 3/26/2024 12:38 pm : link
In comment 16446586 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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NBA is probably like, ‘Seriously? This was OUR day.’


Yeah. I never really cared to watch the NBA until that day. Guess we'll be watching the NFL now. I wonder: how severely will the NBA's relationship with the NFL be affected resultantly?
Late Bye Week?  
Jim in Tampa : 3/26/2024 12:39 pm : link
I believe that the BYE weeks are usually over by week 14 and the Christmas holiday usually hits in week 16.

But if they're going to play a game on a Wednesday this year, I wonder if they'll give the teams playing in that game a BYE the week before.

There were 3 games last Christmas, so that would mean a late-season BYE for 6 teams.

Likely the best the NFL will do for the Christmas day teams will be to have their previous games take place on a Saturday. Then it would be the same number of prep days as a Sunday/Thursday sequence.
It will be the Cowboys for sure  
gtt350 : 3/26/2024 12:39 pm : link
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RE: It will be the Cowboys for sure  
Jim in Tampa : 3/26/2024 12:42 pm : link
In comment 16446623 gtt350 said:
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The Cowboys weren't playing Christmas day last year. So who knows.
How long before  
Ben in Tampa : 3/26/2024 12:43 pm : link
we have an NFL game every night of the week?
RE: RE: assholes  
djm : 3/26/2024 12:49 pm : link
In comment 16446591 RDJR said:
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In comment 16446584 djm said:


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thanks for making life miserable for all die hard football fans, especially the fan of the teams playing on that xmas Wednesday.

Really appreciate there NFL. Thanks. Hey, can you take a shitty idea and make it even worse by putting the game on during XMAS morning? That would be even WORSE for NFL fans. I can't wait to argue with the wife on XMAS morning about football. Really appreciate yet another big fat fuck you from the NFL. Just make that money while ruining xmas.



It’s a choice to watch. I’m sure diehard fans will find a way. Love sports on holidays. Christmas afternoons used to be a dead zone for sports and movie theaters would clean up. Glad the NBA and NFL have tried to occupy that space.


It's a choice many die hards would rather not have to make especially when its your team playing.

RE: …  
ajr2456 : 3/26/2024 12:50 pm : link
In comment 16446586 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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NBA is probably like, ‘Seriously? This was OUR day.’


The irony is the NFL got pissy at college football for having the playoff on an NFL Saturday
Christmas will be a doubleheader  
Mad Mike : 3/26/2024 12:57 pm : link
Between that and the NBA slate, that's a lot of sports.
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BOOOOOO1  
Red Dog : 3/26/2024 1:15 pm : link
Christmas should be an off day for everyone except absolutely essential people like cops, firemen, and medical personnel.
RE: RE: RE: Talk about safety hazard  
Dankbeerman : 3/26/2024 1:21 pm : link
In comment 16446618 Mike in NY said:
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In comment 16446614 JayBinQueens said:


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In comment 16446587 Mike in NY said:


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We are banning tackling but having really short week



You'd imagine they'd have to play Thursday the week before of coming off a bye



But there is only 1 Thursday game (except for Thanksgiving) and NFL would not have teams play each other in back to back weeks
Will it be the end of the previous week or beginning of new one?

If its the last game from the week before they play again Sun on 3 days rest, same as Sun/Thurs.

If its the first game the teams would all have to play Saturday instead of Sunday. I would imagine more games on the 21st then the normal 2/3
RE: RE: assholes  
rsjem1979 : 3/26/2024 2:20 pm : link
In comment 16446591 RDJR said:
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In comment 16446584 djm said:


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thanks for making life miserable for all die hard football fans, especially the fan of the teams playing on that xmas Wednesday.

Really appreciate there NFL. Thanks. Hey, can you take a shitty idea and make it even worse by putting the game on during XMAS morning? That would be even WORSE for NFL fans. I can't wait to argue with the wife on XMAS morning about football. Really appreciate yet another big fat fuck you from the NFL. Just make that money while ruining xmas.



It’s a choice to watch. I’m sure diehard fans will find a way. Love sports on holidays. Christmas afternoons used to be a dead zone for sports and movie theaters would clean up. Glad the NBA and NFL have tried to occupy that space.


Yeah I don't get why it's a big deal. Unless your family is doing something that doesn't involve a TV, it'll be on wherever you are anyway.

Now, for the nutcases who have to sit in a padded room to watch every second of the game, I guess it'll be a problem.
Most likely, the teams playing will be on Thursday/Saturday before  
regulator : 3/26/2024 2:25 pm : link
and the Christmas Day game will be a primetime game. Not a terrible turn even if it's a Saturday coming in.

NFL could theoretically do a slate of Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday-Monday during Christmas Week this year.
Welp yeah  
Sec 103 : 3/26/2024 2:39 pm : link
STUPID!!!
NFL  
GF1080 : 3/26/2024 2:44 pm : link
Being reported the teams that play Christmas will also play the previous Saturday.
RE: RE: Talk about safety hazard  
k2tampa : 3/26/2024 3:30 pm : link
In comment 16446614 JayBinQueens said:
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In comment 16446587 Mike in NY said:


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We are banning tackling but having really short week



You'd imagine they'd have to play Thursday the week before of coming off a bye


I suspect they will both have the bye the week before, which, if you can get to the bye, that wouldn't be bad, two weeks n a row with extra time a week before the playoffs. But the byes would be in week 15? Has the NFL ever done that?
RE: It will be the Cowboys for sure  
fanatic II : 3/26/2024 3:34 pm : link
In comment 16446623 gtt350 said:
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The NFL will have all the ey balls that day.

The NFL will save Dallas for another spot to generate ratings.
I won't watch  
US1 Giants : 3/26/2024 3:37 pm : link
unless the Giants are playing.
RE: RE: RE: Talk about safety hazard  
Mad Mike : 3/26/2024 4:06 pm : link
In comment 16446919 k2tampa said:
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But the byes would be in week 15? Has the NFL ever done that?

I think week 14 has been the latest.
Another hit  
Pete in MD : 3/26/2024 4:24 pm : link
to the movie theater business.
RE: …  
Sean : 3/27/2024 7:56 am : link
In comment 16446586 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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NBA is probably like, ‘Seriously? This was OUR day.’

I don't think this is a smart move by the NFL, but they regularly steal real estate from other sports. Here is another example, the NBA lost all relevance now for Christmas Day.

I wonder how the old poster JoeMP2003 felt about this. He must have been livid. He was always touting the NBA's ratings, but the NFL wouldn't have done this without the recent dominating head to head matchups with the NBA.
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