The NFL is the most powerful sports league in America. This isn't an opinion, it's a fact. The Super Bowl is the most watched program in America every single year, with over 100 million people watching the big game. The league even manages to make a prime-time event out of the draft and the schedule announcement. And now the league is going to further it's dominance by doing battle with the NBA on Christmas, a day that it has traditionally had to itself.
The league has two games scheduled on Christmas Day: Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers at 4:30 and Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs at 8:30.