With a direct financial interest and TV scheduling conflict, ESPN and the NFL are trying to have the 2015-2016 College Football Playoff (CFP) game dates changed.

According to the Sports Business Journal, ESPN wants to move the three New Year's Eve bowl games - two of which are CFP semifinal games - to boost their ratings. The network would reportedly like to have the Peach Bowl and semifinal Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl games moved to Jan. 2.

On New Year's Eve the games would have to compete with TV specials counting down to midnight whereas that Saturday would offer nothing that could realistically compete with the bowl games. The NFL also wants the CFP to move around its schedule because they are considering expanding their playoffs and adding a Monday night game.

If the NFL does so, there will be a direct conflict with the CFP National Title, which is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 11. ESPN has the television rights to both Monday Night Football and the CFP semifinals and finals.

"We understand and appreciate their interest in this," Bill Hancock, the CFP committee's executive director, said in a statement, according to ESPN. "The fact is that we have started a new tradition of back-to-back tripleheaders on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. We're not interested in changing for one year, then returning for the next 10. This event has been very well received and we are excited about the future and about enhancing the concept of a 'holiday within a holiday' on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day."

No one appears to want the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl games moved off of New Year's Day, as they would air on Friday with little-to-no conflict.

The CFP is reportedly adamant about keeping the New Year's Six bowl games on NYE and NYD. The Sports Business Journal reported pressure to make a change for the 2015-2016 slate of games is coming from ESPN executives as high up as John Skipper, the company's president.

"We completely support the New Year's scheduling connections for the College Football Playoff throughout our 12-year agreement," an ESPN spokesperson said in a statement. "For the one year in 2016 when the calendar falls a certain way, the idea was to consider moving the games from Thursday, Dec. 31 to Saturday, Jan. 2 to allow for a more accessible, fan-and participant-friendly experience for all. It's strictly a one-year concept."