Players looked way worse than any I've seen after an injury.

It's amazing how some of you people can't recognize the effect of seeing a fellow player or teammate go down, see them get cpr, and not know if they're alive or not could have on the players going back on the field. They play for our entertainment but they're people and the people I'm addressing are treating them as less than people and y'all can eat a dick.

He gets paid $64 million/year to make that decision.

somebody correct me if im wrong, the soccer players went back into the locker room and then UEFA let the players decide if they wanted to play and then the game continued about 3-4 hours later once his condition was known. that is not at all comparable to the nfl telling players they have 5 minutes to warm up and get ready without consulting them or listening to their input

Ok, rant away and it’s easy to look all noble doing it, but you do realize that probably only Roger Goodell had the power to postpone, right?

I’m just relaying the reality behind the situation

but we got the update, you literally posted it like 100 minutes ago (which means it was known earlier than that): he's at the hospital getting the best treatment, he'll live, etc

you wait for that and maybe you salvage the game tonight or tomorrow, who knows. you order everyone back out there with his condition unknown and they tell you to **** off

Even if that’s the case it still might be comparable.

The NFL said to warm up, the players said no, and that was that as far as we know. So the players did decide.

Jumping all over the NFL right now is as nonsensical as it was many years ago for blaming Roger Goodell because Ray Rice dragged a girl by her hair

edit: didn't read evwething

Would have been absolutely incredible if the league had forced them to go back out in a lightning storm.

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deleted cause lol u just a troll

Dr chiming in with what he thinks happened. Still a little speculative but possibly relevant

That's the guy who killed those 4 Idaho college kids. fyi.

Many here have never even been on a team which explains A LOT

Is Rog going to make these teams play like 3 games in 10 days now?

Yeah you know I’m right though

there's a big difference b/w the nfl asking the players if they want to play and telling them "we're starting in 5 mins" and the players refusing to play.

lol wtf. Players deciding to play on their own volition vs them deciding to play under duress from management are the same because the players decided in both situations.

Again, GFY.

I think it's a brain bleed and he's essentially dead. Just a matter of when his family decides to take him off life support.

It’s just lame to be pointing fingers at NFL, they were just continuing on as others have done in the past following broken necks, legs split in half, and heart attacks.

The players said no and it quickly ended the matter.

No reason to get angry at the whole thing, boycott the NFL if you think they are insensitive or out right evil. I’m sure you won’t though.

So I’m assuming you know exactly what was discussed? I’m not really sure how forceful they were telling them to play considering all the players had to do was say no and then the game ended up being canceled. “Telling them” implies there was some kind of threat of “play or else”. Saying they have five minutes and then allowing them to postpone with no threats is essentially the same as asking, I can’t believe I need to state the obvious like this.

Again very lame to use this to vent pent up anger against NFL and Goodell. There is zero precedent of this and only one man had power to postpone. So I don’t think it’s an unforgivable sin that it wasn’t decided and made official right away. They are allowed be a little stunned like everyone else and take time to gather information and any delay certainly didn’t impact any care he was getting.

These were my exact thoughts comparing it to what happened today.

Why do you keep saying "only one man had the power to postpone"?



How is that even a point? Yes, Roger had the power and people are criticizing his handling of it.

Umm he wasn’t there on the ground and who knows where he was and when he was contacted. Then he’s allowed to gather information and assess.

Just seems awful lame, just pent up jealous anger at the man. It’s like he dragged that girl out of the elevator by the hair all over again. Well that was Ray Rice, but he took the heat