The Damar Hamlin tragedy shocked the NFL world on Monday Night Football. 24-year-old Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest in the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals matchup. The NFL postponed the game without further intimation. However, it took a rather long time for them to arrive at the obvious decision. And fans have a severe problem with that.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the top executives of the league find themselves under a lot of heat after the Bills-Bengals game took over an hour to suspend. Despite the harrowing scenes on-field. Also, reports have come out stating that it wasn’t the NFL’s call either. And the game got postponed only after the players’ and coaches’ intervention and insistence following 8 minutes of CPR on Damar Hamlin.
The NFL released the official statement about the tragic Damar Hamlin episode. Damar collided with Bengals WR Tee Higgins before collapsing on the field. “Hamlin received immediate medical attention on the field by team and independent medical staff and local paramedics. He was then transported to a local hospital where he is in critical condition,” the official NFL statement said.
Honestly though… how has the NFL not had a plan for this? 272 games a year of nonstop hits and no one ever thought a #3 Hamlin situation would happen? #BUFvsCIN #NFL @NFL
Fire Goodell
The fact that it took almost an hour to suspend this game shows how little you guys care about player safety. We can tell that this is a PR move
It took 1 hour, millions of tweets from official media members/fans, the players, the coaches, and major networks’ analysts just to postpone the game. Unacceptable.
Resign! You and your advertisers wanted the game to continue! Unethical!
Bye bye Roger mobile.twitter.com/DavidShuster/s…
Based on a variety of reports, the @NFL did not make the decision to suspend the Bengals-Bills game. Rather, players/captains and coaches from both teams, who had witnessed Bills safety Damar Hamlin getting CPR for 8 minutes, said they would not continue the game. #NFL
shouldn’t haven’t taken you that long to cancel the game cause wtf
The 5-minute warm-up in the middle of the Damar Hamlin emergency was not in good taste
USA Today via Reuters
Jan 2, 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) makes the tackle on Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins (85) during the first quarterat Paycor Stadium. The play led to Hamlin collapsing on the field, and being taken to the hospital in critical condition. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports | Reuters