Since it’s the holiday season in the US and there’s sports on the holidays, I have an idea for PL on Boxing Day. Have four of the best matchups on Boxing Day back to back. Similar to NBA on Christmas. Ex: NLD, City vs Pool. Since some people are talking about the Americanization of football, why not do this?
I dont know how you guys do Christmas over there in the US, and I’ve always found it weird you have sports on Christmas day, so I’m going to assume its a bit less of a big deal, maybe Thanksgiving pulls a bit of the attention away? But here its just really stressful, and nobody likes Boxing day matches as is, not because the matches are “bad” but because it sucks to get to and from, they already have 4 time slots that day, but they’ll never put big matches on because its impractical. I’ve no hard numbers but I imagine that Boxing day has the lowest attendances of the year for its games, because people are busy, many tired from christmas, or from travelling to someone else for christmas, and that includes the police, who are busy as Boxing day is a busy time for them as is, and bigger matches need more police, so it will never happen. Just be happy you can watch all the games most weeks (Boxing day ‘weekend’ of fixtures are actually available in full here for a change, but its not normal)
Thanksgiving and Christmas is a relaxed holiday in the US. Everyone eats food and watch sports. I didn’t realize how stressful Boxing Day is.
I enjoy watching Thanksgiving and Christmas NFL on TV, but I feel bad for the players and workers who are away from family. I would much rather be home with family than attend a game in person on a holiday.