Tonthree NFL The race is scheduled for Saturday, December 17th because minnesota vikings will bear indianapolis coltsThis cleveland browns will face baltimore ravens and buffalo bills will play against miami dolphins.
High school and college teams play on Friday and Saturday, respectively. For this reason, the NFL is prohibited from holding games on those days until after their campaigns are over, to avoid conflict between these leagues.
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Scheduling games on Saturdays would have a negative impact on attendance at school and college games, something both the government and the NFL have chosen to avoid.
Why are there three NFL games this Saturday, December 17th?
The FBS regular season ends each year with an Army-Navy game.It’s a college football matchup army black knight and midshipmen.
This Knights beat trainee This year’s 20-17 game takes place on Saturday 10 December at Lincoln Financial Field.
So now the NFL can move some of their games to available Saturday locations.
What is the Sports Broadcasting Act?
Back in 1961, the US Congress passed the Sports Broadcasting Act, which allowed the NFL to sell its broadcast television rights to CBS, split equally between all teams.
Created an NFL broadcast schedule, and Congress banned NFL games on Fridays and Saturdays during the school and college season. Beginning in 1972, the NFL has limited Saturday games to December and January.
It must be noted that the NFL avoids competing directly with college football’s big rivals. However, none of those big games will be played in mid-December, allowing the league to reschedule games to Saturdays.
Also, even though the Rose Bowl game is a New Year’s Day game, they moved it to January 2, which falls on a Sunday.
That’s what’s going to happen this season because Penn State Nittany Lions will face Utah Utah Monday, January 2, 2023.
