rolling American football death spiral thread

If covid puts an end to college football forever I would have to give covid props for that

agreed tbh

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2900454-nflpa-reveals-72-players-were-diagnosed-with-covid-19-as-of-july-10

seriously fucked up

meanwhile the NFL is like “hey! sneezeguards INSIDE the helmet? can that be a thing? ARE U READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL”

assholes

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ftw/2020/07/26/mike-ditka-kneeling-athletes-national-anthem/112416850/

Ditka is such a piece of shit, it's impressive he kept such a good public image for so long

stick to trading your entire draft for one guy, Mikey

https://www.nfl.com/news/ravens-de-anthony-thomas-latest-nfl-player-to-opt-out-of-season

https://imgur.com/gallery/Nfphh2U

Is there a thread to talk about what a complete and total piece of anti-Semite shit former Chiefs RB Larry Johnson is?

I am starting to doubt that this season is gonna happen

The NFL owners would just declare massive losses and write them off their taxes over half a decade or so. The players would take massive losses, too, but for most of them it would be lost salary, not business losses. If it cut into the NFLPA pension fund, that might hurt the most vulnerable of ex-players. Since I'm not a fan, for me it's not about missing the games. I wouldn't.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/browns/2020/08/03/odell-beckham-nfl-shouldnt-hold-season-coronavirus-covid-19/5573957002/

the Packers' decision not to draft a WR makes more sense now, just grab one next year

DP was told an hour ago that the Big 10 and Pac 12 will cancel their football seasons tomorrow... The ACC and the Big 12 are on the fence.. And the SEC is trying to get teams to join them for a season.

Watch live: https://t.co/sMaeXQkLfl pic.twitter.com/oSUNGMTEqw

— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) August 10, 2020

college football under quarantine

tyvmtbo

frogbs at 3:36 3 Aug 20

the Packers' decision not to draft a WR makes more sense now, just grab one next year


loool that's definitely why they did it, such foresight

'murrica NEEDS college football, next thing you know they'll be banning bass fishing and sexually harassing bar cart servers on the golf course

ums I feel like you're being sarcastic perhaps YOU have a better explanation ?!??

they are dumb and had a bad draft

I guess there is too much money involved to just scratch the whole season, but I have a hard time seeing how a spring season is going to work out. Even if the pandemic is over by then, which is very doubtful, the logistics and impacts on other sports seems a huge hurdle to overcome.

impacts on other sports?

Overlapping with March Madness, draft eligible players sitting out, scheduling around the other events, etc.

I mean, none of those are insurmountable, but I feel like it's not nearly as simple as waving a hand and saying "we'll play in the spring instead".

yeah agreed but there's so much money at stake they'll fuck over whoever or any other sports

They'll merge with the NBA and play footsketball

Tom Brady ready to start the season in Tampa.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51GTkSxvxwL._AC_SY445_.jpg

vegas not taking bets on college football

https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/29647483/sportsbooks-halt-college-football-betting-season-remains-flux

wish I'd placed $1000 on "there is no season"

https://www.theroot.com/ole-miss-football-players-walk-out-of-practice-protest-1844890996

https://eu.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2020/08/26/tennessee-football-march-black-lives-matter-jacob-blake/5634920002/

in this case, the head coach of the UT football team rearranged practice so his players could do this. 💪

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/vikings-kirk-cousins-says-he-sees-covid-19-as-survival-of-the-fittest/ar-BB18DGNb?ocid=uxbndlbing

“If I get it, I’m gonna ride it out. I’m gonna let nature do its course. Survival-of-the-fittest kind of approach. And just say, if it knocks me out, it knocks me out. I’m going to be OK. You know, even if I die. If I die, I die. I kind of have peace about that.”

So, he's saying he'd refuse all supplementary oxygen or other treatment? Because if he does intend to refuse all treatment, then he's just a dumbass. And if that's not what he's saying, then BFD, once he's ill, of course he's ill, just like everyone else ever since the world began, duh.

thread delivers

his relatives will call him Dead Cousin(s)

A cousin once removed

A cousin once removed

https://loudwire.com/minnesota-vikings-quarterback-investigated-booking-creed-private-party/

Killing yourself to hear “My Own Prison” live

he's the biggest dork in history

If you were looking to make the best, most humane case against the existence of football, this profile of the 1989 USC LBs — featuring Junior Seau — would be the one. https://t.co/oGmn7fzUZ4

— Joel D. Anderson (@byjoelanderson) October 10, 2020

Jfc.

At the bar tonight we had MSU-Kentucky on one tv and Bama-UM on the other. People kept asking me who I was rooting for and I finally said "I'm rooting for all these guys not to kill themselves in 20 years," which finally freed me from the conversations.

Also Chris Collinsworth was blown away that the women in Pittsburgh had really specific questions about football pic.twitter.com/eskujaRsKn

— gifdsports (@gifdsports) December 3, 2020

https://sports.yahoo.com/spongebob-slime-football-nickelodeon-ready-nfl-game-152833506--nfl.html

Seems like it should be illegal to expose children to football

raw uncut pig skin

also more literally to thread title
https://theathletic.com/news/nfl-playoff-bubble-teams-mandate/T3XU9q8b2gd3

NFL teams will not be allowed to require their players to stay in a bubble-like atmosphere during the postseason, according to a memo sent to teams and obtained by The Athletic on Tuesday.

The memo states that teams may provide a local hotel for players to avoid possible exposure to the virus, but they cannot mandate that players stay at the hotel other than the night before a game.

This news comes one day after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said that even though distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is beginning in the United States, NFL teams and staff will not be jumping the line for vaccination before the Super Bowl in February.