HOUR 3: Has The NFL Gone Too Far With The Christmas Games?

The Valenti Show

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4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Mike and Rico react to the news that the Lions will be playing on Christmas Day, which turns into a conversation about the NFL's new tradition of playing games on this day. They take your calls and read your ticket texts on the topic.

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0:00.0	All right, four o'clock. Sorry about that. RICO wouldn't shut up as we were trying to bring the show back on air.
0:05.3	So listen, we're going to, we're going to stop off of this blitz. We got to have a conversation.
0:12.2	The easiest thing to do is label me a boomer. But I do have a real problem.
0:17.3	Booming. Exactly. I have a real problem with the lions playing on Christmas Day.
0:23.8	Now, I'm not going to play this card of, well, you know, in this business, nobody gives
0:28.8	an F about us, nor should you.
0:31.1	Our job is to dance for you and hopefully entertain you enough to stick around.
0:35.2	The point I'm making is whether you're a fan or whether you do a happy horse bleep show
0:39.3	like this, I am not trying to dedicate any of my day to football.
0:45.4	It's Christmas Day.
0:48.5	That is, look, what's difference between Thanksgiving?
0:51.9	Thanksgiving's not a real holiday.
0:55.5	Thanksgiving is fake.
0:57.5	It's a bunch of people who came over in funny hats and killed a turkey.
1:02.4	It's not Christmas.
1:04.8	I don't need it.
1:07.0	Well, the NBA's on Christmas Day.
1:08.7	Right.
1:09.0	And I don't care about it.
1:10.3	The NFL continues to oversaturate the marketplace.
1:15.3	And to Rico's point, I want to support him on this,
1:17.7	even though he'll do nothing but slander me for the next hour.
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