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In reply to the discussion: I don't pay that much attention to football, so I did not know this. [View all]Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)28. A morality thing....
What would have been "immoral" about continuing the game?
Statistically, athletes get injured and taken off of the field. It is a certainty that it will happen. It is an inherent risk in a contact sport. We KNOW in advance, that this sort of thing is GOING to happen. It's just a matter of probability and time. You have people taking blows to the chest as part of the game. They are TRAINED to hit the numbers on their opponent as hard as they can.
How many fans, out of tens of thousands in a stadium, are likely to have a heart attack? Does that happen? Sure. Is it "moral" for the game to continue?
But, take the Amazon distribution center. You've got hundreds of people in a workplace who - again this is a statistical certainty to occur in one - witness a heart attack. Do they go home for the day or keep working?
If the driver of the UPS truck has a fatal crash while delivering your package, that package is picked up from the crash scene, put on another truck, and delivered to you.
This is like the George Carlin observation on Muhammad Ali not going to Vietnam - "I'll beat 'em up, but I won't kill 'em."
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I don't pay that much attention to football, so I did not know this. [View all]
Susan Calvin
Jan 2023
OP
This really does speak to the privileged position of the NFL and it's players
Alpeduez21
Jan 2023
#3
That was also basically the Super Bowl for Fantasy Football leagues the world over
Hugh_Lebowski
Jan 2023
#16
Joe Burrow was going to put up 66 Fantasy points so I could win a consolation game.
milestogo
Jan 2023
#23
Funny you say that cause our league has tons of bonuses triggered by yardage totals
Hugh_Lebowski
Jan 2023
#29
It's also been debunked by reporting done since so it's not just the league.
BannonsLiver
Jan 2023
#38
It was OK to cancel the game that night. But they should have played the next day, next night.
fightforfreedom
Jan 2023
#15