01-04-2023, 10:03 AM
(01-04-2023, 09:55 AM)jj22 Wrote: The issue is the term "emergency". This wasn't a blizzard, power outage, lightning, mass sickness (covid), natural disaster, or any outside situation that theoretically made the game unplayable. This per reports, were the decision of coaches which accounts pretty much to a refusal to play. Walking off the field. Honorable no doubt, but not an emergency situation causing the game to be cancelled..... This is why it won't be continued.
I repeat this was still very honorable ....... And we all should be proud of Zac's leadership, but it was optional.
Except the NFL has been going out of its way over the last 24 hours to paint the picture that the decision to postpone the game indefinitely was theirs. They're bristling at the suggestion that they had given the teams five minutes to regroup and resume play.
Even if the coaches ultimately made the decision, the NFL is never going to own that publicly or move forward in any way that puts it in a bad light. The idea that two NFL coaches had to basically override the NFL for the sake of their players is not good. The NFL then "punishing" those teams for choosing not to play is even worse.
Everything in this post is my fault.
