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tstraw48 t1_j38e8zi wrote

Reply to comment by Head-like-a-carp in NFL will not resume Bills-Bengals game by wewewawa

The players just watched one of the teammates or competitors die on the field. They aren’t going to want to play and if you force them too its a bad look all around. Not canceling the game also means they have to make it up be either playing two games this week or postponing the entire playoffs by a week which is a logistical nightmare for everyone and for the two teams that have to play the make up game they will not be as well rested or prepared for their playoff game. If this happened in week 1 there would be time to make it up.

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piddydb t1_j38c9hs wrote

Reply to comment by intellifone in NFL will not resume Bills-Bengals game by wewewawa

Pure logistics. With it being the last week of the season, there’s no time to make it up without messing up the playoff schedule. Plus, in the NFL, all teams play on the same day the last week to all have the same (earned) rest days for the first playoff games, there’d be a lot of flack if Buffalo or Cincinnati got punished playoff wise as a result of the injury.

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JGoonSquad t1_j3898gl wrote

Reply to NFL will not resume Bills-Bengals game by wewewawa

Who cares? Stop wasting your time and money watching professional sports. Why people are entertained by a bunch of overpaid athletes chasing a ball on a field is beyond me. You have absolutely no control over the outcome so why get emotionally involved? I think that sports are a powerful tool that allows people to channel their anger and frustrations in a safe way that isn't harmful to the system.

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Head-like-a-carp t1_j3896ul wrote

Reply to NFL will not resume Bills-Bengals game by wewewawa

Ok, what is gained by cancelling the game? Certainly stop the game at an injury and make that the main focus. Once the person is off the field or the stands let the game resume. Stopping the game does nothing to help the health or health outcome. You just manage to screw tens of thousands of paying customers.

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