2 things really irritated me last night about the entire thing. 1) They showed Damar collapse multiple times on the TV. You don't need to keep rerunning a guy dying on the field. Like wtf are we doing here? Enough. 2) ESPN putting it on Adam Schefter, Booger McFarland, and Suzy Kolber to keep the conversation going and talk about this was asinine. Put something else on TV, anything really. Asking those three + Buck + Aikman to be involved in that for over an hour was so beyond ridiculous. Hopefully the kid is already. 24 years old man. Prayers out to Tee Higgins as well. FWIW - Damar's fundraiser is over 3 million right now. Sometimes humanity doesn't suck.
I don’t disagree with you on the replay but as far as ESPN’s programming goes I thought they a good job with it. You can’t exactly cut to a basketball game, people want to know what’s going on
One thing you notice, the Bills players built a wall around the situation on the field to block the view and protect his privacy
Good job by the medical staff yesterday too. It looks like they got to him immediately and recognized he needed CPR. He likely has very little chance of surviving if they don’t administer it right away.
Yeah, but they weren't even giving us any updates on the situation. It was those 5 people just repeating the same things over and over about thoughts and prayers and how this is unlike anything anyone has ever seen. If they were giving updates from Joe Danneman (the one who first reported that his vitals were returning to normal) or Jordon Rooney (his friend and marketing rep) that they intubated him it would have been fine IMO. Those tweets were fired off at 9:20ish + 10:30ish pm. My time can be thrown off, but it felt like they didn't even address that update until they had a reporter outside the hospital. To give props where they are due - those 5 + Ryan Clark + SVP were absolutely incredible all night. You don't go to broadcasting school to learn how to fill content while someone is literally dying on the field. I can't even imagine how difficult that was. Ryan Clark brought tears to my eyes when he spoke.
The NFL should have respectfully cut away to something else like an honest discussion of the risks players take on every down in the NFL. The replays of the collapse were just disrespectful. I have a streamer, a stormchaser, that I watch regularly and he shuts off the camera if he sees something horrible on the road ahead during a storm. As he does it he tells the viewers that the purpose of the stream is to chase storms not tragedy.
The last thing we need is more propaganda from the NFL on player safety. We already get bombarded with this stuff via commercials and announcer talk during the entire game. Agreed on the other part. They should’ve treated this like a snapped leg.
The same thing they did when the soccer player collapsed. It just feels like the right thing to do because it's so traumatic
I know of someone who did suffer a fatal heart attack as a result of this. It is quite rare, not really in the public consciousness but it is definitely the likely cause in this instance. Was just 19 as well, so not an age or fitness thing at all. Hope he's okay, given his age and fitness there's a good chance he can make a good recovery.
Had a feeling this is what would be the case. I am still going to say they don't even make it up. Bills and Bengals play 16 games and the season marches on.
The Bills and Bengals should finish the game Sunday, and the rest of the teams should refuse to play. Then push everything back a week, including the Super Bowl. It will be a logistical nightmare for the NFL but also a much-needed fuck around and find out moment.
They should make Josh Allen and Burrow play HORSE to determine a winner. Imagine the ratings? Or ping pong.
This makes no sense let's trot the two teams affected the most to play alone while everyone else goes on strike. The NFLPA needs a leader like you.
It would be best to just not make the game up. If Chiefs win on Saturday, they get the #1 (or unlikely event all 3 lose) If Chiefs lose and Bengals win, they get the #1 If Chiefs and Bengals lose, Bills win then they get the #1 That would have most likely been the scenario anyway if Bengals won last night, which their offense looked pretty sharp for the limited time the game went on.
There’s no way for them to make the game up if it wasn’t played today/tomorrow. The NFL has already said the logistics of moving the Super Bowl are simply too hard to do.
That's what the NFL says because of course they don't want to do it. They'll lose a ton of money. That's the point though. Let them face the consequences of their actions now and maybe they'll learn they have to change their ways.
Why though? Other than mulling over having them play again, the NFL didn’t do anything wrong. The only way to prevent the violence in the sport is to remove helmets and shoulder pads and turn it into rugby. Or just stop playing it.
