What would you like to happen?

[Graphicguy]

Playing the game, not playing the game, cancelling the game, making the players play the game…none of it helps Hamlin. That’s not the point. What both teams, and the fans, and the TV audience witnessed was a tragedy. Hopefully, he pulls through. Undoubtedly, his career as an NFL player is over.

There are many and varied reasons you don’t play/reschedule/continue this game. Not the least of which sending the message that this young man’s efforts and life matter…to his family, to his team, to the NFL. It does!

You don’t just minimize this by saying “too bad, so sad”….the NFL money machine needs to keep cranking. I don’t care how big this game is/was. I don’t care how much the teams, the NFL, the sports books, any of them lose. This isn’t about that. It’s about an entertainer that almost died (and may still). Stadium goes dark. This is the only way it should be.

It doesn’t matter how it affects standings, playoff rankings, etc. It’s about caring about another human being and showing we do care. It’s showing that his life means more than this game.