Oh, and now the guy who didn't die but everybody acted like he did has awakened! After three days, he rose from the dead and ascended to ESPN.

This is how religion's start, you know.

This “guy” is from my hometown.
Since his college days, he has been a
big supporter of underprivileged kids in our town.
Give him a fucking break already.

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Originally posted by ace73:
This “guy” is from my hometown.
Since his college days, he has been a
big supporter of underprivileged kids in our town.
Give him a fucking break already.

wut?

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Originally posted by ace73:
Give him a fucking break already.

You want to stop and maybe think for a second or two? The guy has been unconscious for most of this fiasco. How can we give him a break when there's no break to give? It's how everyone else was behaving, that was the issue.

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Originally posted by ace73:
Give him a fucking break already.

It's always a good idea to read a thread before commenting in it. Hint: It isn't about Hamlin at all.

^^^^^^^^^
But... All that reading!

In my lifetime, I'm trying to recall when such an event where CPR was administered on the field.

Hank Gather's collapse and death in 1990 on the court. Loyola Marymount was at its peak with insanely high scores and he was a big part of it. I was still in HS then but, I remember he collapsed, tried to get up, crumpled back down, coaches and doctors around him, then he had what looked like seizures, with legs twitching, very dramatic visual. A family member came out on the court and collapsed nearby in tears as they carried him off was pretty memorable. That one was shocking, and lingered for awhile. I don't recall ESPN or, any talking heads moralizing or, attempting to give their 'how are they're feeling' take but, it was the talk in sports for a bit.

1996 Umpire John McSherry collapsed of a heart attack on baseball opening day in Cincinnati. He was a pretty big guy, grossly overweight and with all the protective gear on he was a big mass behind home plate. After a pitch, he called time, said something to the catcher, tried to get to a dugout and quite literally collapsed, face-first in front of the home plate camera. After that there was a big push at least from MLB to get umpires to shape-up as there was a handful of ridiculously overweight umps at the time.

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Originally posted by ibanda:
So Hamlin woke up in the hospital and wanted to know who won the game. Apparently it was important to him!

I don't believe that for a milli-second.

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Originally posted by downtownv:

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Originally posted by ibanda:
So Hamlin woke up in the hospital and wanted to know who won the game. Apparently it was important to him!

I don't believe that for a milli-second.

No one with a functioning brain would believe this. Just some ESPN writer milking the story. Gimme a break.

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Originally posted by ace73:
This “guy” is from my hometown.
Since his college days, he has been a
big supporter of underprivileged kids in our town.
Give him a fucking break already.

Show me. I’m only seeing him with cameras rolling to capture the event. You know, integrity is doing to right thing when no one is looking don’t you?

The way he’s being portrayed now the only thing missing is a manger and parents named Joseph and Mary.

People, some of them really good people, drop dead every day around the world from heart related medical conditions, and I’m not seeing them getting the media attention this millionaire is getting.

Sorry if I offended anyone.

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Originally posted by jer830:
The way he’s being portrayed now the only thing missing is a manger and parents named Joseph and Mary.

Indeed

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Originally posted by downtownv:

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Originally posted by ibanda:
So Hamlin woke up in the hospital and wanted to know who won the game. Apparently it was important to him!

I don't believe that for a milli-second.

Why is that so hard to believe? The guy is 24 years old. He plays professional football, which means (most likely) football has been the most important thing in his life since he was probably 8-10 years old. He has strived since then to make it to where he was on Monday night. Which was, up to that point, one of the biggest games of the year. I can find that question entirely plausible.

It's not at all difficult to believe that this guy asked about the game when he first woke up. After all, playing that game was what he was doing when he collapsed.

However, people have become conditioned to being ever skeptical, and the tidbit of news at hand sounds like propaganda, even if it is not.

I'm not a football follower, gave it up years ago. I had the Rose Bowl on trying to see my wife and apparently left it on when it was over (I don't recall changing the channel). I was in the kitchen then I realized something unusual had happened, and I got caught up in praying for this young man, and checking the TV over the next few days to see how he was doing.

He seems to be a nice youngster and I wish him well. Most of what I saw that night didn't strike me as staged or an opportunity to be seen on camera, but, if it was, it doesn't affect my concern for that kid. I'm thrilled he's making a great recovery.

Bob

The kid would be in the same condition and making the same recovery if his teammates had played the game. None of the hand wringing, posturing, and talking head commentary contributed to his recovery. If mortality is that stressful, humans are a very weak species.

The Bro-fest they displayed at the beginning of the two NFL games today was nauseating.

^^^^^^
I have a solution that will cure that nausea. Just sayin’……

This reminds me of an old William Bendix movie, Pride of the Yankees. The kid in the hospital room, the entire waking up, ”did we win”?

Switching gears, back to Nancy Grace. I’ve always picked up on her hate and yesterday, on TV her eyes looked like snake eyes. She’s full of hate and anger.

Lastly, joy behar (unworthy of capitalization) She drove Moe Howard nuts! She’s flat out stupid.

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Originally posted by recoatlift:
The kid in the hospital room, the entire waking up, ”did we win”?

Too bad none of those scenes finish up with, “No, we didn’t. Go back to sleep.”

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Originally posted by smschulz:
The Bro-fest they displayed at the beginning of the two NFL games today was nauseating.

Yeah, this turned into a "thing" very quickly.

"Oh, no!! A POC is dying on the field! Let us pray! O Blessed Saint Billy Dee Williams, we humbly offer up a frosty can of Colt 45 Malt Liquor! (pours out can). Save him, St. Williams. We got the rest of a six-pack if it helps!"

The announcers, the fans watching- everybody got on board quickly, and this incident became a thing, aka, an event which everyone had better treat as if it was the most important thing in the world.

People watching at home called their friends. "Come on over! We're having a thing! Hey everybody, it's a thing!. Quick, get the chips and the malt liquor. OK, who's been fuckin' with my six-pack? There's a can missing."

The news media, to the world at large: "Yes, we can confirm officially that this is a thing."

And the Godless masses suddenly found religion and searched youtube for instructions on how to pray. And it was as if the planet itself stopped spinning on its axis. All the creatures of the field lay down together in peace. The war in the Ukraine stopped, the opposing sides hugging each other, maybe a bit too much, I'm just sayin'. Harmony all throughout the land.

And anyone who is not on board with the thing, well, they had better pray to the holy spirit of Chadwick Bozeman that their racist ass doesn't get tracked down.

"WHO!! WHO IS NOT ON BOARD WITH THE THING??!!"