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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 733 - The NFL should do the compassionate thing and postpone all games until next week

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Now, let's be real, the NFL, and it's good 'ol boy network of owners, are not known for doing the right thing, or the compassionate thing, when it comes to its players. But to be real - I don't even think it's safe for them to play this weekend.

I damn sure know it's not safe for the Bills to play this weekend. Those men are traumatized. Their brother is fighting for his life in the hospital and they literally watched him die and be brought back to life on the field.

But it goes beyond the Bills, and even the Bengals - players all over the league have said publicly that they have not been able to sleep and that seeing what happened to Damar Hamlin has traumatized them as well.

Simply push the games forward one week. It won't delay the Super Bowl. Just give these players time to process this.What do you think?

Let's talk about it.

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Shaun

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As you probably know by now, earlier this week, Buffalo Bills, defensive safety to Mar-Hamlin,

0:07.5

suffered from cardiac arrest on the field after a hit in the game, and appears to have

0:14.0

died right there on the field.

0:17.1

And apparently again at the hospital before he was resuscitated multiple times, is still

0:22.8

in intensive care in the ICU in critical condition and a medically induced coma, and players

0:31.0

are understandably shook up.

0:34.4

And it's my recommendation, not that the NFL listens to me in any capacity, but it would

0:42.0

be so humane for the NFL to give all of the players one week off to gather themselves

0:50.8

to spend time with their family to process this, to address their mental health.

0:56.4

It's necessary.

0:57.9

I think it's particularly necessary for players on the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati

1:02.6

Bingles, but the truth is, and I'm hearing this all over the league, players from all

1:08.5

over the league and every team are incredibly shook up by this.

1:13.8

Give these players a week off, push all the games forward one week.

1:17.5

I don't think you'd have very many objections, players need the time to recover from injuries

1:22.4

and other things anyway.

1:24.6

Give them an extra week just to process this.

1:27.9

Let's talk about it.

1:28.9

Let's unpack and explain it.

1:29.9

This is Sean King, and you are listening to The Breakdown.

1:52.0

Now if we could be real for a moment, the NFL is not necessarily known for doing the

1:58.9

right thing.

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