The NFL should consider putting some of these games on Sunday. I know the NBA is cancelled thru Dec 16th. If it goes past Xmas, why wouldn't they? $$$$ 2011 NFL Schedule: Football on Christmas Eve, Only One Game on Christmas Sunday | Bleacher Report
Because the NFL got a lot of negative feedback in 1971 when a Christmas Day playoff game turned into the longest game in league history. [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_Christmas_games]National Football League Christmas games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
