ESPN and the NFL are in disagreement over the decision to resume play or postpone the January 2 Monday Night Football Game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals.
Following the moments after Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed due to cardiac arrest, the uncertainty of the game was to be determined, with ESPN and the NFL now disagreeing over what decision(s) were made.
As ESPN reported:
- It took the NFL almost an hour to officially postpone the eagerly awaited “Monday Night Football” game between two of the AFC’s best teams.
- With Hamlin’s heart stopped on the field, ESPN’s play-by-play announcer Joe Buck repeatedly informed millions of TV viewers that both teams would warm up for five minutes before continuing play. ESPN even showed Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow tossing practice throws.
- “They’ve been given five minutes to quote, unquote get ready to go back to playing. That’s the word we get from the league and the word we get from down on the field – but nobody’s moving,” Buck said.
- But Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of operations, strongly denied ESPN’s story on a media call after the game. And he would know, added Vincent since he was in constant touch with Commissioner Roger Goodell, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith and the two head coaches.
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Author: David Keech
David Keech is a retired teacher and works as a sportswriter, sports official and as an educational consultant. He has reported on amateur sports since 2011, known as 'KeechDaVoice.' David can be reached at [email protected]
