The NFL has a license to print money with their television contract. They carefully manipulate the schedule of games. They faced a real problem this weekend with Christmas being on a Sunday.
The league decided to play all games on Saturday at 1pm except for two at 4:15 in other time zones. They faced a real quandary with the Jets and Giants game yesterday. It had potential to draw a large television audience at 4:15 under normal circumstances, but the league drew criticism for potentially keeping fans out too late on Christmas Eve. Many fans, including this writer, were unable to watch a great game.
The NFL ceded the Sunday daytime to the NBA and a college bowl game. They knew it would be a good idea to keep their Sunday night game. The Green Bay and Chicago match-up is a great one between two division rivals in the Central Time Zone.
The game started after 8:30, but was 5:30 on the west coast. They really know how to work the schedule to get the biggest audience
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