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NFL games on Christmas Day are a relatively new thing.
Usually, the NFL has owned Thanksgiving Day, aside from the games played on Sundays and Mondays.
This year, the NFL partnered with Netflix to show two games during the day and a game on Amazon Prime Video at night. The games are going up against the NBA, which has owned the Christmas holiday on TV for several years.
Charles Barkley stands in the second tee box during the first round of the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course July 11, 2025, in Stateline, Nev. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
The NFL’s encroachment on the NBA is something that appeared to irk Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley.
“The NFL got greedy and started adding Christmas games. We used to have this day to ourselves, but Roger Goodell and them pigs at the NFL always want to hog every day of the week now,” Barkley said on ESPN as the NBA’s schedule got started. “Christmas is an NBA day.”
Barkley blasted the NFL in January 2024 for having an exclusive Peacock game during the playoffs.
Charles Barkley stands in the second tee box during the first round of the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course July 11, 2025, in Stateline, Nev. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
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He said at the time that showing a playoff game through streaming was “low class.”
“That’s not cool. They’re just being greedy pigs,” he said on ESPN Radio at the time. “I’m glad some NFL players are taking some shots at them. … I know the NFL is the biggest thing in the world, but to put this game on Peacock and make people have to buy Peacock, that’s just low class. I’m disgusted.”
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The NFL’s domination over the sports conversation is only going to grow should the league and players agree to an 18th regular-season game, a notion that has been floated in recent years with the possibility of the Super Bowl moving to Presidents Day.
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