It's a great time of the year to be an NFL fan.If NFL action on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays wasn't enough to get your fix, there is another day of pro football coming to your weekly schedule.In Week 15, there will be a three-game slate of NFL football on Saturday. All three contests come with heavy playoff implications, too.The Vikings will take Brian Dawkins Women Jersey on the Bengals in a matchup between two teams fighting for a wild card berth in their respective conferences. The Steelers are also clinging on to wild card hopes, going against a Colts team that is in the hunt to win the AFC South. To close the slate, the surging Broncos will look to continue to climb up the AFC West against a Lions team that is still hoping for a chance to claim the top seed in the NFC playoffs.NFL WEEK 15 PICKS: | | And while all of these Mike Williams Youth Jersey games are exciting, why are they falling on a Saturday? The Sporting News has answers below.The complex reasoning is because of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961.The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 says thatbroadcasting rights Jahlani Tavai Jersey of pro sports leagues are exempt from antitrust decisions, but it also contains language that says the NFL cannot broadcast games on Fridays and Saturdays for most of the season.That is to prevent the NFL from playing or broadcasting games in competition with college and high school football during their respective seasons.However, when the college football regular season and championship games end in early December, that leaves an opening for the NFL to play games on Saturdays. Thus, leading to Saturday NFL games around this point of the season each year.Saturday, Dec. 16MatchupTime (ET Mike Hughes Men Jersey )TV channel/StreamBengals vs. Vikings1 p.m.NFL Network,Colts vs. Steelers4:30 p.m.NFL Network,Lions vs. Broncos8:15 p.m.NFL Network,MORE: Saturday's slate of games is an NFL Network tripleheader, as has become a tradition. Cord-cutters can stream the games on Fubo, .Fans in Canada can watch every NFL game on .Bengals vs. VikingsKickoff:1 p.m. ETTV (national):NFL NetworkLive stream: NFL+,Colts vs. SteelersKickoff:4:30 p.m. ETTV (national):NFL NetworkLive stream:NFL+,Lions vs. BroncosKickoff:8:15 p.m. ETTV (national):NFL NetworkLive stream:NFL+, Marshall Faulk Women Jersey