The NFL will embark on a new Christmas Day tradition starting this year. Christmas Day games have been played in the past throughout the NFL, but only on special occasions.
That will change this Wednesday, as the league will play Christmas Day games in the middle of the week for the first time. The NFL will also debut its newest broadcast partner when the Christmas Day games will be played, as the league will stream the games on Netflix.
This will be the first NFL game on Netflix, which has dipped its foot into live sports over the past year. The streaming service aired two network-created events, The Netflix Cup in golf and The Netflix Slam in tennis, along with the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul exhibition fight in October. Netflix also acquired rights to WWE Monday Night Raw (starting in January) and the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2027 and 2031.
The NFL landed a $150 million deal from Netflix to broadcast Christmas games this year. Netflix and the NFL also reached an agreement to broadcast Christmas games in each of the next three seasons. Under the terms of the Netflix deal, the NFL will have two games on Christmas this season and “at least” one Christmas Day game in 2025 and 2026 (Christmas falls on…
