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Originally Posted by Monticore
When it happened to Christian Eriksen in the Euros they finished the game the following day , nobody was in an uproar about it.
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Meh, people are people.. one group isn't automatic tougher for continuing to play after an hour and a half, versus deciding to postpone after 40 minutes.
Tell the Bills and Bengals to continue and the players may have very well continued... it seemed like it came down to maybe a couple coaches pressing the matter, where as that didn't happen in another case.
These blanket statements like this are just kind of pointless... we might just be talking about HC or GM on the Bills basically making a unilateral decision or at least a very strong opinion not to play, versus other coaches of other teams quietly and grudgingly continuing and not sticking up for his players in the same way. Yeah, Josh Allen was rightfully so a mess on the sidelines, but may have also continued play like many other athletes have done, just like those soccer players were in tears and continued anyway.
Who the hell knows how close any given game is to continuing or being postponed or what each individual thinks of it.
And re: uproar... yeah, just go look for it.
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"I know it's very difficult," Hjulmand said. "But looking back it was the wrong thing to make the decision between the two scenarios to the players in this case.
"Players were in a shock condition. Players who didn't really know yet if they had lost their best friend. And they have to decide between these two things. And I have a sense that we shouldn't have played.
"I know it's difficult. It's just a feeling I have. Maybe we should have just gone on to the bus and gone home and let's see what the next days would have brought.
"That's just my feeling now, but I think it was a very, very tough decision that the players had to try to make a decision. I know it's difficult, but I have a sense that it was wrong for the players to be given this situation."
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