There’s a lot that the National Hockey League doesn’t get right – from schedules that make no sense to the inability to land a profitable television deal. But they do get Christmas. No lip service to the message that both players and fans belong with their families over Christmas. As a result, Christmas is a three-day, NHL holiday from business as usual.
The National Football League, however, still plays its high-profile Monday night game – even if it does fall on Christmas Eve. As last week’s Denver Broncos-San Diego Chargers game did. Sad commentary.
And to the National Basketball Association, which a lot of people actually watch, nothing says Merry Christmas like a Christmas-day triple header: Miami Heat-Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns-Los Angeles Lakers and Seattle Sonics-Portland Trail Blazers.
Pathetic.