"I mean, it is tremendous because you got five games, Barkley said. There's 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."
"I saw those guys yesterday on ESPN talk about it, and they're right, he continued. Christmas is an NBA day! That is it!"
Christmas was historically dominated by NBA games, while the NFL controlled Thanksgiving and later added Black Friday games. The NFL expanded into Christmas in recent years by adding multiple games, and the league has since dominated television ratings on the holiday. After a Thursday slate of NFL games, Charles Barkley openly criticized the NFL for encroaching on what he described as an NBA day, saying the league "got greedy" by adding Christmas games. Barkley called out NFL leadership and insisted that Christmas should remain dedicated to the NBA.
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