pf9 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 This year, the NFL is staging a Christmas Eve night game between two western teams. For future years, I have a better solution. Swap the ESPN game onto late Sunday afternoon (with a 5 PM ET kick-off time) as a lead-in to the NBC SNF game, and any two teams can play in it. Then instead of a MNF game on Christmas Eve, the normal Sunday afternoon slate is played on Monday afternoon instead, similar to when Christmas Day falls on a Sunday. This would keep NBC from being able to swap out its week 16 game for another, but I feel it is a good way to avoid Christmas eve night (which can be done fairly easily in other years, like when it falls on a Thursday, move the TNF game to Christmas Friday night instead) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footbull3196 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 I don't see this happening, there's no way ESPN would air an MNF game before prime time. I see what happened in 2012 with the Falcons @ Lions as the most realistic approach to this situation. Make the MNF game on Saturday night instead as a special edition, just like they did that year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 One problem with that. Saturdays are the exclusive domain of the Thursday Night Football package now. The only reason they did that in 2012 was the TNF package had surrendered Saturdays, but they have since reclaimed them. Yeah I know SNF aired a game on Saturday last year, but that was because that week the TNF package could move one of its Saturday games to Monday on Christmas. When Monday is Xmas Eve it's a little different. Plus with the early Sunday afternoon timeslot on the 23rd opened, ESPN2 (most likely so that ESPN could air its MNF prelude programming) could air a college bowl game (perhaps one of the bigger non-CFP bowls) as something of a lead-in to the transplanted MNF game, keeping football fans glued to the TV all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjapirate Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Most people dont have christmas eve off so why would the nfl treat it like anything other than a monday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuvious Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 5 hours ago, pf9 said: This year, the NFL is staging a Christmas Eve night game between two western teams. For future years, I have a better solution. Swap the ESPN game onto late Sunday afternoon (with a 5 PM ET kick-off time) as a lead-in to the NBC SNF game, and any two teams can play in it. Then instead of a MNF game on Christmas Eve, the normal Sunday afternoon slate is played on Monday afternoon instead, similar to when Christmas Day falls on a Sunday. This would keep NBC from being able to swap out its week 16 game for another, but I feel it is a good way to avoid Christmas eve night (which can be done fairly easily in other years, like when it falls on a Thursday, move the TNF game to Christmas Friday night instead) Why would they need to avoid Christmas Eve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 They were doing so for years out of deference to the holiday and they could do it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Got to think they reschedule that game. The NBA has Christmas Eve off as does the NHL so too should the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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