Sect309Fan
04-17-2009, 10:56 AM
http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/04/16/league-explains-christmas-night-game/
During a recent appearance on Sirius NFL Radio, the league’s senior V.P. of broadcasting, Howard Katz, explained the scheduling of a game on Christmas, which falls this year on a Friday.
“We canvassed the clubs to find out which teams might be interested and willing to host a Christmas Day game,” Katz said. “We wound up with four or five, maybe six, clubs that really wanted to host a game that day. We pursued the Tennessee Titans and worked things out with them. This was not done without a great deal of consultation with the club and they think it is a great opportunity for their fans. It’s late in the day. A lot of families have finished celebrating Christmas by that time. We hope it works. It is an experiment but we think it is a great opportunity for us on television and, as I said, the club was very much involved in the process of scheduling it.”
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I thought this was pretty interesting. This suggests the Titans really wanted this game. We also may the only team with three Christmas home games in the last 10 years. (2000 Dallas, 2004 Broncos)
During a recent appearance on Sirius NFL Radio, the league’s senior V.P. of broadcasting, Howard Katz, explained the scheduling of a game on Christmas, which falls this year on a Friday.
“We canvassed the clubs to find out which teams might be interested and willing to host a Christmas Day game,” Katz said. “We wound up with four or five, maybe six, clubs that really wanted to host a game that day. We pursued the Tennessee Titans and worked things out with them. This was not done without a great deal of consultation with the club and they think it is a great opportunity for their fans. It’s late in the day. A lot of families have finished celebrating Christmas by that time. We hope it works. It is an experiment but we think it is a great opportunity for us on television and, as I said, the club was very much involved in the process of scheduling it.”
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I thought this was pretty interesting. This suggests the Titans really wanted this game. We also may the only team with three Christmas home games in the last 10 years. (2000 Dallas, 2004 Broncos)