Bills Bengals - ambulance on the field
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 15:07 last edited by
Who in the NFL is discussing this? Remember, they're "only concerned with the health of Hamlin."
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Who in the NFL is discussing this? Remember, they're "only concerned with the health of Hamlin."
wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 15:30 last edited by@89th said in Bills Bengals - ambulance on the field:
Who in the NFL is discussing this? Remember, they're "only concerned with the health of Hamlin."
Competition committee voted last night. Owners today. The league and NFLPA have all been in on the conversation.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 15:32 last edited by
My utmost respect for them to fight through their existential despair at watching this young man nearly lose his life. Thinking about money and their livelihoods at a time like that must have been all but impossible. I know I wouldn't have been able to do it. I would still be in a fetal position if I were them, maybe in need of an IV feeding tube. Because I'm a good person.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 18:03 last edited by
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 18:04 last edited by
@George-K said in Bills Bengals - ambulance on the field:
Extubated and talking:
Good news. He is one lucky human.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 18:06 last edited by
Good, good news.
It seems like the field responders and the hospital people together pulled off a near miracle with this young man.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 18:11 last edited by
I promise you, he will want to play again.
And the NFL would be nuts to let him even try.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 18:14 last edited by
@Jolly said in Bills Bengals - ambulance on the field:
And the NFL would be nuts to let him even try.
I'm curious why you say that. Not arguing, just curious.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 18:15 last edited by
Liability.
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@Jolly said in Bills Bengals - ambulance on the field:
And the NFL would be nuts to let him even try.
I'm curious why you say that. Not arguing, just curious.
wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 18:15 last edited by@Catseye3 said in Bills Bengals - ambulance on the field:
@Jolly said in Bills Bengals - ambulance on the field:
And the NFL would be nuts to let him even try.
I'm curious why you say that. Not arguing, just curious.
Because health issues and how much the NFL does about them, are an existential risk to the business.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 18:23 last edited by
Presuming this was the result of an extremely fluke set of events/timing, he should be able to play again, similar to Eriksen (soccer) or others who nearly died on-field because of the heart.
That being said, if I were him I wouldn't want to risk it. Hopefully he's already made enough money to be set for 10+ years.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 18:27 last edited by
In his second year? I don't think he's set enough yet. I'd bet if he can, he will.
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@George-K said in Bills Bengals - ambulance on the field:
Extubated and talking:
Good news. He is one lucky human.
wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 18:39 last edited by@mark said in Bills Bengals - ambulance on the field:
@George-K said in Bills Bengals - ambulance on the field:
Extubated and talking:
Good news. He is one lucky human.
Luck? Yes. Whether it’s good or bad is the question. That hit happens 1 millisecond earlier and he’s probably fine.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2023, 19:22 last edited by Copper 1 Jun 2023, 19:23
@89th said in Bills Bengals - ambulance on the field:
@Mik True, didn't realize he was so new
The value of that 4 year contract is worth just under half of the value of his Go Fund Me in the last 4 days.
He can afford to take some time off.
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wrote on 7 Jan 2023, 14:56 last edited by
CNN: "The league held a special virtual meeting with all 32 team owners or their designee on Friday to determine possible playoff scenarios now that two teams, the Bills and Bengals, will have played fewer regular season games than the rest of the league.
The NFL owners approved the unique plan to host the AFC Championship game at a neutral site if the participating teams played an unequal number of games and both teams could have been a potential top seed if the Bills-Bengals game had been played to its conclusion.
The owners also approved a plan to use a coin flip to determine the home field for a possible Wild Card round game between the Bengals and Baltimore Ravens.
The scenarios vote needed at least 24 of the 32 owners to approve the resolutions to pass."
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wrote on 7 Jan 2023, 19:40 last edited by Copper 1 Jul 2023, 19:40
The Bills placed Damar Hamlin on IR.
He is not expected to play this week
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wrote on 7 Jan 2023, 21:56 last edited by
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wrote on 8 Jan 2023, 16:11 last edited by
When everything is racist, nothing is racist. From Scientific American, which was once a journal dedicated to...science:
This scene was horrific for both its regularity and its exceptionality. Matt Gutman of ABC tweeted as much: “The scariest part of this is that the hit was in fact not scary. It looked terrifyingly ordinary.” The ordinariness of men running into each other at full speed represents a normalized—even rationalized—violence that is routine to this American game.
This ordinary violence has always riddled the sport and it affects all players. But Black players are disproportionately affected. While Black men are severely underrepresented in positions of power across football organizations, such as coaching and management, they are overrepresented on the gridiron. Non-white players account for 70 percent of the NFL; nearly half of all Division I college football players are Black. Further, through a process called racial stacking, coaches racially segregate athletes by playing position. These demographic discrepancies place Black athletes at a higher risk during play.
As a cultural anthropologist, I’ve spent the last decade learning how Black college football players navigate the exploitation, racism, and anti-Blackness that are fundamental to its current system. I know it’s not new to highlight the inherent violence of American football. This sport requires exceptional athletes, who are otherwise ordinary men, to perform extraordinary feats on the field. We liken these men to gladiators and warriors. The leagues, organizations, teams, coaches, spectators, and fans who benefit from their performance expect them to tough it out when they get hurt and applaud them when they play through these injuries. -
wrote on 8 Jan 2023, 16:21 last edited by
My understanding is that NFL players have a choice. They don't have to play football and collect millions of dollars. Or they can work elsewhere.