Why is NFL football on Sunday?

The official site of the 2017 NFL Schedule. Weekly view of the schedules including links to tickets, broadcast channels, and printable views. read more

The NFL can air games in December on whatever days they want, because the High School and College schedules are well over by that point. There really isn't a set answer to this, but it's most likely that Sunday was the easiest day to guarantee as many fans in attendance. read more

The NFL has canceled the final Sunday night football game of the season. Don't worry, no one was going to watch anyway. Next Sunday's game had two disadvantages: The games all had a likelihood of being dull by the time Sunday night rolled around. And this coming Sunday is New Year's Eve, a day when historically few Americans watch television. read more

The league had not announced which teams originally would have been playing in the Sunday night game. The cancellation of this week’s Sunday Night Football is the capper on an especially challenging year for the NFL. read more