Sunday morning football… is nothing sacred anymore!?

In the current 2023 NFL season, 5 games have kicked off, or are kicking off, on Sundays at 930am eastern. So it’s not too early for the players, these games are all overseas (London and Germany). I’m a little miffed because it used to be that there weren’t any games until 1pm eastern on Sundays. That means games start at 1pm and don’t end until around 1130pm. That’s a lot of football, even for a die-hard fan. Not to mention the Monday night games and Thursday night games. Some Monday nights have double headers, too. Thursday night games were added to the schedule in 2006. Fine, whatever. But now there are Sunday morning games, too?

What about church? What about rest?

I’m finally to the point where I’m starting to believe there’s such thing as over saturation. If the NFL could have games regularly on Fridays and Saturdays, you know they would.

At what point does the scheduling of these games become an assault on our privacy, our spirituality, or our mental stability? I know what you’re thinking, “Just don’t watch.” Well, sure, that’s an easy solution. But at some point someone needs to stand up and say, “Enough. Enough now.” And yes, that’s a direct quote from Love, Actually. Sundays were once regarded as a day of rest! I think Mormons even still treat it that way completely, meaning they don’t do any work or ask for anything that requires someone else to work.

As of the day of this posting, there are businesses that won’t open on Sundays, Chic-Fil-A being the one that most people refer to.

I’m sure the 930am NFL games are here to stay, and it makes me a little mad and a little sad.

-Out of the Wilderness