Comments on: NFL, ESPN Challenge Your Christmas Dedication

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:12:20 +0000

Eh, I’d say then just record it.

I was watching the movie, “That Thing You Do” this afternoon. The father character says:

“You know, I don’t believe I wanna live in a country where you have to stay open on Sunday to do business. You shouldn’t have to work on Sunday to support a family, should you?”

The movie is set in the 1960s (and thus the obvious irony).

Might not be the best trend, but pursuing cash on religious or family days like Sundays isn’t exactly new, nor is the commercialization of religious holidays like Christmas.

And like the guy posting a comment above, different parts of the holiday mean different things to different people.

You’ve got a point and yes it might be a bit rude, but saying they have no class, in light of the deliberate efforts Goodell has made to clean up the league this year when others did much less, is over the top (in my opinion).

That said, I bet there are plenty who agree the game should have been moved to Sunday; I bet you could get some support and lobby the NFL to avoid it in the future.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:40:18 +0000

Actually, Christmas Eve night is the big night. A night game on Christmas day wouldn’t bother me in the least.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:41:17 +0000

Keep whining.

It’s a Christmas EVE game. Not a christmas day game. Nothing special happened the day before Jesus was born except some jerk told a couple of poor people they had to sleep in a barn.

By: MB

MB — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:13:44 +0000

I was tempted to go to Midnight Communion and then come back and watch the game but instead I’m getting up at about 7am on christmas day so I can watch it before going to my mum and dad’s :)

It’s all about the money.