{"id":373450,"date":"2025-12-26T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/373450\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T17:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:50:08","slug":"charles-barkley-slams-nfl-for-taking-over-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/373450\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Barkley Slams NFL for Taking Over Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Charles Barkley<\/a> on Thursday called out the NFL for encroaching on the NBA\u2019s territory by adding Christmas Day games to its calendar.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s slate of NFL games continued the relatively new tradition of football on Christmas. Previously, Christmas in the sports world was largely associated with the NBA. The NFL, on the other hand, had sole control of Thanksgiving. A few years later, that was extended to Black Friday, as well.<\/p>\n

That all changed a few years ago when the NFL decided to expand their holiday offerings. Surprising no one, the NFL has dominated the ratings since joining the NBA on Christmas.<\/p>\n

Following Thursday\u2019s NBA games, Barkley made it clear he didn\u2019t appreciate the NFL taking over the holiday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, it is tremendous because you got five games,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cThere\u2019s nobody else playing. You know, the NFL got greedy and started adding Christmas games. We used to have this day to ourselves, but [NFL commissioner Roger Goodell] and them pigs at the NFL always wanna hog every day of the week now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments drew laughter from the Inside the NBA desk, and Barkley wasn\u2019t finished.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw those guys yesterday on ESPN talk about it, and they\u2019re right,\u201d he continued. \u201cChristmas is an NBA day! That is it!\u201d<\/p>\n

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