Thanks to a reader who bothered to actually look at the calendar in response to the news that, if/when the NFL adds two regular-season games the extra weeks will be tacked onto the end of the current calendar, we’ve realized that the extra games will create a de facto Super Bowl holiday.
The third Monday in February is Presidents’ Day. For many students and workers, it’s a three-day weekend.
And this means that folks can extend their Super Bowl viewing and celebrations deep into Sunday night without having to worry about getting up early the next day.
For years, we’ve heard arguments about moving the Super Bowl to Saturday for this very reason. As it now stands, we could be getting a Super Bowl holiday.
And that’s perhaps the best reason we’ve heard for adding two games to the regular season.
UPDATE: A reader points out that they typically stage a little something called the “Daytona 500” on the third Sunday in February. Our suggested response to NASCAR? “Get out the way.”