Of course this is a huge deal, they even set the schedule up to not have any Sunday games. Back in the day, the WS was so respected that they had a scheduled week with no SNF so that people could watch the WS.
Back in the old days the nfl respected the traditional schedules of the nba/mlb. The nfl didn’t try to take over their lanes. Every season, They made sure to set up their regular season schedule to avoid direct head to head competition against the World Series. But the sport of Baseball was much more popular and culturally revelant 30-50 years ago. That’s why the nfl didn’t want want smoke and they didn’t want to alienate an piss off their older demographic of fans(who were longtime diehard baseball fans ) It’s still ingrained in American culture today, but will never be omnipresent like it used to be.
NBA games on Christmas was a professional sports tradition and institution. NFL never scheduled games on Christmas out of respect for the NBA. But recently, starting during the 2021 season, the nfl put games on Christmas, directly challenging and competing the nba for viewers and attention. There is an overlap between NFL and NBA fans, the nfl is the biggest and most sports popular league in North America, it doesn’t need more attention on its product, this league doesn’t need more exposure. NFL executives/owners/media people are arrogant, greedy attention whores. And NFL/gambling only fans are addicted, selfish, incurious and close-minded.
And never forget their love of money who fueled their decision to put nfl games on the same day that the nba would put theirs. It was also a petty power move to flex on the nba and and take their second biggest flagship event and signature day after the All-Star game. It was also a superflous and unecessary money grab move. They are just too greedy.
The NFL and Roger Goodell are moving/acting like Deebo since 2021 in the North American sports landscape.
You put any team that doesn’t have a name casuals recognize and you get shyt like last year where nobody watched.
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