Tonight's the big game, but can we even watch any longer? I'm not sure that I can.
It took NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell an hour even to announce that he was postponing that game . By that time, it seemed obvious that the players and coaches had made their own decisions: they were too gutted to keep playing.I’ve also wondered if that specter of sudden death could become a turning point in the history of what’s arguably America’s most popular and perilous pastime.
That the Hamlin hit itself was not spectacular only added to the aftershock. In fact, it looked all too routine. The 24-year-old safety had just positioned himself to stop Tee Higgins, the Bengals ball carrier, when Higgins ran into him, ramming his helmet into Hamlin’s chest. That hard hit, doctors have, a rare event in which the heartbeat cycle is knocked off rhythm.
The college and professional players willing to endure such regular pain and damage for love and/or money, understand that possible injury or even death underpins the very reality of football. In fact, in some gruesome fashion, that’s what makes football seem authentic. It transforms players into valiant avatars of manhood instead of glorified stuntmen or, as in most sports other than the martial arts, merely entertainers who might still get hurt if they didn’t watch out.
You’ve quit tobacco and probably should quit alcohol. Now, as the Super Bowl looms, is it time to turn your back on football? Such feelings were evident among the millions of fans who followed Hamlin into intensive care and thrilled to his
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