NFL is fine, apparently, with offensive and defensive linemen getting tangled up for 60 or so snaps a game, fine with them sweating and inadvertently spitting on one another in their trench battles." data-reactid="16">The NFL is apparently doing well with offensive and defensive linemen who get tangled up for about 60 instant games, fine with them who inadvertently sweat and spit in their trench battles.
NFL is fine, apparently, with linebackers wrapping up running backs and landing on top of them, or a running back standing toe-to-toe with a linebacker after stiff-arming him right out of a play, talking smack through his face mask." data-reactid="17">The NFL is apparently doing well with linebackers who buckle their backs and land above them, or a ball carrier standing face to face with a linebacker after stiffly arming him straight away with a game, speaking loudly through his facial mask.
NFL is fine, apparently, with players playing full-contact, 60-minute football games, the very antithesis of social distancing." data-reactid="18">In essence, the NFL apparently does well with players playing 60-minute football games in full contact, the very antithesis of social distancing.
NFL is not fine with, apparently, are postgame bro-hugs and jersey exchanges." data-reactid="19">What the NFL is not doing well, apparently, are the bro-hugs and the post-match shirt swaps.
Give meaning, all of you.
The NFL wants to ban these post-match shirt swaps this season because of the coronavirus. (Robin Alam / Getty Images)
In another example of the absurd and money-driven decision to have athletes sacrifice their own health and safety for team staff, coaches and family for the entertainment of others, the endless league wisdom, decided to ban the post-match close contact. interactions that have become a tradition for many opponents.
So again: sweating, spitting, maybe blood – A-OK. Cuddles and photo ops after the fact – no.
I hope you share our reaction, which is basically this:
And the players, you know, those who are drawn into this madness and put their well-being and the well-being of others at stake in the name of capitalism, they see how stupid it is too:
This is a perfect example of NFL thinking in a nutshell. Players can get into a full contact game and do it safely. However, it is considered dangerous for them to exchange jerseys after said match. ???????????? https://t.co/fWefsUSVDc
– Richard Sherman (@ RSherman_25) July 9, 2020
NFL thinking in a nutshell,” wrote the 49ers’ Richard Sherman. “Players can go engage in a full contact game and do it safely. However, it is deemed unsafe for them to exchange jerseys after said game.”" data-reactid="49">“This is a perfect example of NFL thinking in a nutshell,” wrote Richard Sherman of the 49ers. “Players can participate in a complete contact game and do so safely. However, it is considered dangerous for them to exchange jerseys after said match. “
He punctuated it with laughing emojis.
Cornerback Quandre Diggs, who plays for the former Sherman team in Seattle, was a little more straightforward:
“So we can compete for 60 minutes, but we can’t trade a jersey that takes 2 minutes,” tweeted Darius Slay, with more laughing emojis.
If the quarters have more control with the league, Deshaun Watson of the Houston Texans also rang: “It’s DAMN SILLY bro,” Watson wrote.
NFL have any real plan other than (per usual) making it look like it has one superficially?" data-reactid="60">Another note: in theory, players will only play if they are COVID-free, so what does it matter how those in uniform interact with each other? Does the NFL have a real plan other than (as usual) to give the impression that it has a superficial one?
Playing this year is stupid and dangerous.
