Also, this shouldn't even be up to the players to make the call. That's the ultimate cop-out by leadership.
Discussing what happens when they postpone this game doesn't mean we don't care what happens to the player.Doubt it. I have money on the game - Cincinatti +4 in fact… I really don’t care about the bet right now. Anyone who does is a selfish POS
The worst was the Mass Mutual commercial.Manning Family Charades commercials really fit the mood. Ugh.
It’s literally unprecedented. Game planning for every single possible scenario is impossible.ESPN pays nearly $3 billion per year to air MNF and nobody ever thought to game plan this situation.
It absolutely should be.Also, this shouldn't even be up to the players to make the call. That's the ultimate cop-out by leadership.
I was so pissed at the uncaring callousness of that bullshit get the animals ready to perform in "5 minutes", when the right thing and decent thing to do was pretty clear.The league did tell them they have 5 min to warm up so clearly not the League Office.
So long as the players in the locker room know they won’t be forced to play unless that’s what they want, I’m not particularly bothered if they wait an hour or two to let the rest of us know what the plan is. It’s possible we’ll know a lot more about Hamlin’s condition in an hour, and it’s a lot easier to announce that the game will resume tomorrow if we know Hamlin is stable. (In the worst case scenario, I’m not sure playing tomorrow is all that much better than resuming the game tonight.)He's an NFL owner, so I think I have him fairly pegged.
Why? Because it's the right thing to do, isn't that obvious? These players are shaken to their core, they aren't going to be in the right mindset to go out and play after waiting an hour to find out if a teammate is alive.
Call it now, let people regroup and make a plan tomorrow to either call it a tie, cancel it or reschedule.
You don’t have to make a decision right now but if you don’t think Joe Chiefsfan is going to be livid if for examples both teams are give a win (or Billsmafia fan is going to be maddening the bills don’t get a chance to play for a win to get the bye) you don’t know sports fans.Doubt it. I have money on the game - Cincinatti +4 in fact… I really don’t care about the bet right now. Anyone who does is a selfish POS
Nope. That just feeds into that bullshit, next man up/play through injury/warrior mentality. These guys will feel pressured to play, they don't deserve that.It absolutely should be.
Google says 4 miles.How far is the field from the hospital? Like, this was a very long time from injury to hospital. Nearly an hour.
Yeah, that seems bad. Doesn’t seem like they were in a hurry.Goo
Google says 4 miles.
ESPN was literally the U.S. broadcaster for the Christian Eriksen incident.It’s literally unprecedented. Game planning for every single possible scenario is impossible.
Looks like 4 miles:How far is the field from the hospital? Like, this was a very long time from injury to hospital. Nearly an hour.
Hard disagree. But we'll see.Nope. That just feeds into that bullshit, next man up/play through injury/warrior mentality. These guys will feel pressured to play, they don't deserve that.
Believe me, everything has been planned for. The coverage is being done respectfully and well. There’s nothing to say by the commentators, but they can’t cut away.ESPN pays nearly $3 billion per year to air MNF and nobody ever thought to game plan this situation.
10 minutes per GoogleHow far is the field from the hospital? Like, this was a very long time from injury to hospital. Nearly an hour.
They were going to the one with level 1 trauma facilities.Yeah, that seems bad.
You think the Mass Mutual ad was well timed?Believe me, everything has been planned for. The coverage is being done respectfully and well. There’s nothing to say by the commentators, but they can’t cut away.
This is absurd.Why does the decision need to be made quickly?
It seems unlikely at this point, but if we got word an hour from now that Hamlin is going to be ok, I wouldn’t be surprised if both teams wanted to play.
It’s okay to have multiple threads of thoughts in one’s mind. Yes, a tragedy has occurred. But eventually the world is going to move on, and these things are going to have to be figured out.who gives a FUCK
In the NFL, maybe. But players have collapsed and some have died on the field/court in too many cases. Remember Hank Gathers? And the Dutch soccer player recently…It’s literally unprecedented. Game planning for every single possible scenario is impossible.
As a Bama fan who grew up rooting for the Steelers, I should hate Joe Burrow, but I’ve always liked the guy.
You get the feeling the players are saying ”fuck this shit, if we walk out the door the game is definitely not restarting”View: https://twitter.com/pauldehnerjr/status/1610105711362449408?s=46&t=-NVsti5kTcU1g5rt2n_DBg
Burrow and the other CIN captains in the Bills locker room
Eh - I think you never really know here.Yeah, that seems bad.
What should they be doing differently then?ESPN was literally the U.S. broadcaster for the Christian Eriksen incident.
You don’t understand how TV works. That’s fine.You think the Mass Mutual ad was well timed?
that was part of the Fabrice Muamba incident -- a cardiologist fan who traveled with the player directed the ambulance to a specialized hospital a few miles farther away from the stadium.They were going to the one with level 1 trauma facilities.
You think the Mass Mutual as was intentionally timed?You think the Mass Mutual ad was well timed?
If there was anything to cause a wildcat strike in the NFL, it would be something like this.You get the feeling the players are saying ”fuck this shit, if we walk out the door the game is definitely not restarting”
So they are irresponsible for not preparing for something that’s happened twice in 30 years across all major sports aired on TV. Should they prepare for a fan man scenario too?In the NFL, maybe. But players have collapsed and some have died on the field/court in too many cases. Remember Hank Gathers? And the Dutch soccer player recently…