Pretty much what the title asks. I work full time, salaried. If I don’t work on a holiday, I get paid for the day. If I do work, well then, it’s jackpot time - I get paid for the day, and time and a half for working.
Looking at the NFL schedule the other day, I noticed there’s a game on Christmas day. Do the guys who have to “work” (play) that day get what ammounts to double time and a half?
I beleive the only “extra” pay you get are performance bonuses, playoff money and pro-bowl money. Considering most are making 6 figures per game or more, the NFLPA wouldn’t have much argument for overtime pay.
Oh, and Christmas Day? GO PACKERS!!! 
No extra pay for holidays. Athletes are paid by a contract and get a yearly salary. Nothing more unless there are performace bonuses.
Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys always play on Thanksgiving, and I believe the Boston Celtics always play on Christmas. That’s just part of the job. Though, the athletes do have a very long off-season where they don’t have to show up on the job at all.
There is a traditional Thanksgiving prank for Indianapolis Colts rookies. The player is told that a local grocery gives away a free turkey to each Colt rookie. He goes to pick it up. There’s handshakes and autographs all around. When he gets home he finds he’s been given a 12-pound lump of ice in butcher paper. :smack: 
Most athletes do get a per diem when they are on the road. It kills me that guys making millions of dollars a year get something like $30 or $35 dollars for meal money when on the road. One of the perks of collective barganing.
Thanks for the replies. I really didn’t think they would get paid, but the per diem info amused me.
In baseball, the per diem rate ranges from $20 in class A ball to $76.50 at the major league level. I could eat pretty good on $76 bucks a day.
Something else that many pro athletes have to deal with is state income taxes. Many states consider the pay the athletes earn while in the state to be taxable and taxes are withheld. In 1988 I participated in a NASCAR sponsored race in California, I was required to fill out a state tax statement when I signed in and Callifornia state taxes were withheld from my winnings. In October of 1989 I received a letter from the state of California telling me I would be subject to a $500 fine if I did not file a tax return with the state. It ended up costing me almost $300 to get a $212 refund. And when the Seattle Seahawks moved from the AFC to the NFC many players said liked the idea of playing a couple fewer games in California each season to save money in taxes.