Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger criticizes the NFL's packed Christmas schedule, which sees his team play three games in 11 days. He argues that the condensed schedule prioritizes profit over player health and safety, echoing similar concerns raised by Patrick Mahomes.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to the funky NFL schedule. At one time, the NFL avoided Christmas games — and now, they can't get enough of them, scheduling two this year despite the day falling on a Wednesday. That is prompting some oddities in the NFL schedule, with the Steelers one of four teams who played last Saturday and are now playing on Wednesday.
It just shows that it's all about money and this is a way that they can, you know, make more money and figure this thing out, because it's not fair for the players,' Roethlisberger said recently. 'You wanna talk about injuries and making the game safer, changing the kickoff rule and preventing guys on hip-drop tackles, and concussions, and this that and the other, and you're going to make guys play the most violent game in the world, arguably, three games in 11 days.
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