The National Football League is trying to do things really big in 2023.
For the first time in NFL history, it looks like the league will have plans to hold a Monday tripleheader with the unprecedented event expected to happen on Christmas Day.
NBC Sports reports the league is expected to schedule three games for Monday, Dec. 25th this year. This is the first time since 2017 that Christmas falls on a Monday and the league had plans to take full advantage of it so they can capitalize off last year’s ratings boom.
The NFL has scheduled a total of six Christmas games over the past three years and they all registered huge TV ratings. Last year’s Christmas game between the Packers and Dolphins was one of the 10 most watched regular-season games of the 2022 season. The game registered 25.9 million viewers.
Back in 2004, the NFL played its first Christmas doubleheader ever, and now, 19 years later, we’re likely going to be seeing our first Monday tripleheader ever thanks to Christmas.
Last season, the league played a Christmas tripleheader for the first time ever and now it will happen for the second time this year.
What a perfect Christmas gift for football fans to wake up to.
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Christmas falls on a Wednesday in 2024, so we’ll know as soon as next season if the league plans to make the Dec. 25 tripleheader a regular event on the schedule.
