NFL May Postpone SNF Vikings/Eagles Game

[wingsfan77]

Bunch of pussies postponing a game over 8-12 inches of snow? I thought philly fans were tougher than that. Guess not.

Yeah because they took a poll of all us Eagles fans to see whether we wanted the game postponed or not, right?

 

[Point Blank]

4 straights days of NFL :fap:

 

[Youk]

those same folks who dont have to travel in the snow to the game tonight will still be required to show up to work tomorrow morning.....so much for that safety theory

Except that a good amount of jobs are closed, but why would you know that, they don't usually hire the mentally retarded.

By the evening, the roads were horrible. By the time the game ended, it would have just been a disaster, with the cars that did come all snowed in. Yes, the snow actually did fall that quickly.

It seems the fans who are most upset are the ones who didn't buy tickets to the game. If I bought tickets, I would have been pissed if I didn't see that game and got a refund. I paid for a ticket for a reason, to see a game.

"Fan Safety"?!?!?

Dosen't anyone remember the Packers-Giants playoff game? In fact every fuckin Packers playoff game!?!?

Oh and how about the Pats-Raiders few years back?!?!

How about driving there? They aren't fans during the drive to the game?

I didn't realize the Packers played in blizzard conditions every week.

 

[Maynard]

dont bitch to me. i live where that shitty ass snow fall happens all the time. we just had it happen twice to start december. deal with it like the rest of us

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

this is all about money, not the fan safety. They know people wont show up and they will lose a shit ton because of it.

lol at fall sport. football is based on playing in the elements. some of the greatest games ever were played in horrible conditions.

btw, Steve Van Buren thinks this is a fine idea

Even if the decision was all about money, which it wasn't, so what? It is a business, you know. Is it not good business to hold the game until people will actually show up?

"Lol" all you want, but football is a fall game, and its not meant to be played in a blizzard. I don't know why people insist on that line of thinking.

Be regardless of any money issues or quality of play concerns, what it comes down to, is why make fans and stadium employees travel in that shit? Its dangerous and unessacery. Just play the game Tuesday. What's the big deal? Its better for everyone involved.

 

[NAHSTE]

If anyone wants a good video with which to tell those who are bitching to STFU, check this out:

http://vimeo.com/18213768

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

If anyone wants a good video with which to tell those who are bitching to STFU, check this out:

http://vimeo.com/18213768

Yeah, would have been a great idea to have 70k people, + stadium workers, + league officials, + city workers traveling around late at night during a blizzard, just to appease some silly idealistic notion of "football is a mans game, played in the elements RAWR".

Stupid and dangerous.

 

[MrBill]

Yeah, would have been a great idea to have 70k people, + stadium workers, + league officials, + city workers traveling around late at night during a blizzard, just to appease some silly idealistic notion of "football is a mans game, played in the elements RAWR".

Stupid and dangerous.

Almost makes sense that the NFL would not schedule more than a handful of night games in cold weather markets the last 3 weeks of the season over the past 20 years for those very reasons :yep:

 

[Maynard]

Yeah, would have been a great idea to have 70k people, + stadium workers, + league officials, + city workers traveling around late at night during a blizzard, just to appease some silly idealistic notion of "football is a mans game, played in the elements RAWR".

Stupid and dangerous.

drama much? so now the nfl and every other sport can use this same excuse. if it was really bad and a safety issue then i can understand that. But its not really bad and its not about safety. That video shows how the snow fell. Big deal. Thats what plows are for. Its Philly for god sake. Its not like its Florida where they are not equipped to handle snow.

even the governor of PA said it was a joke to postpone the game

 

[NAHSTE]

Can't wait for that extra manly super bowl in New Jersey. FOOTBALL IS ABOUT THE ELEMENTS DURRR!

 

[Maynard]

it isnt all about the elements. But thats how it was intended to be played. you guys seem to forget the bitter weather that the planet used to get pre 1980. Back before stadiums had heaters under the grass or everyone used plastic grass.

i like seeing games played in the weather. if you dont then thats your choice. but this isnt about the weather, its about money...how much money the team would lose on concessions, parking ect and how much money the city would lose by having plows running on a sunday night rather than a monday morning

nobody gives a shit about the safety of the eagles fan who drives for 3 hours in that shit to get to work monday morning. because if he doesnt show the company loses money

just like the NFL's fake we give a shit about player safety and concussion BS. thats not about the players. Its about protecting themselves from future liabilities. They know they have to bite the bullet on the 50 year old ex player who cant wipe his own ass....but they can sure as hell save themselves from paying out shitloads to todays players.

Remember "its a business" as wtb said.....remember that when your bailing out the banks again.....its a business, who cares...ya know its not good business to let your financial institutions go bankrupt.

 

[dave]

it isnt all about the elements. But thats how it was intended to be played. you guys seem to forget the bitter weather that the planet used to get pre 1980. Back before stadiums had heaters under the grass or everyone used plastic grass.

Again.
This had nothing to do with player safety and everything to do with fan safety.
There were cities on the U.S. East Coast that banned traffic last night, save for emergency officials.
The NFL did not re-sked this game for the players, they re-skedded it because the city itself wanted it re-skedded and there was a serious traffic risk for the fans.

I don't know why people aren't getting this.

Again, I'm also ticked off. I work tomorrow. That said, I'm glad no one died trying to drive last night after the game in Philly ... or got stranded, ran out of gas and froze to death.
But that's just me.

 

[SethMode]

Consider this Philly's response to the constant, borderline retarded interpretation of their fan base. Last thing the city needs lately is some mother and child getting t-boned by a drunk fan and that being written as "ALL EAGLES FANS DRUNKEN BABY KILLERS! (subtext - yes that might always happen but it is Philly and there was SNOOOOOOOWWWWW!)"

Get over it. It's nothing. If anything, it hurts the Eagles players more than anyone.

 

[dave]

Consider this Philly's response to the constant, borderline retarded interpretation of their fan base. Last thing the city needs lately is some mother and child getting t-boned by a drunk fan and that being written as "ALL EAGLES FANS DRUNKEN BABY KILLERS! (subtext - yes that might always happen but it is Philly and there was SNOOOOOOOWWWWW!)"

Get over it. It's nothing. If anything, it hurts the Eagles players more than anyone.

The NFL has 32 cities with drunk fans.
It's called tailgating.
Philly is no better, nor worse, than 31 other cities.
Fans get drunk at 16 tailgates (save for bye weeks) every week of the season. It's not exclusive to Philadelphia.

 

[SethMode]

The NFL has 32 cities with drunk fans.
It's called tailgating.
Philly is no better, nor worse, than 31 other cities.
Fans get drunk at 16 tailgates (save for bye weeks) every week of the season. It's not exclusive to Philadelphia.

WTF is your point Dave? I'm not an Eagles fan but I am a Philly resident and I see the shit that the media says about our city. WTF are you talking about? If you look at my post closer, you'll realize that my point is to illustrate that the national media just looks for any reason it can to shit on Philly.

 

[dave]

WTF is your point Dave? I'm not an Eagles fan but I am a Philly resident and I see the shit that the media says about our city. WTF are you talking about? If you look at my post closer, you'll realize that my point is to illustrate that the national media just looks for any reason it can to shit on Philly.

You're right, I must have misread your post.
I was jumping to Philly's defence/defense ... cut me some slack.

 

[SethMode]

You're right, I must have misread your post.
I was jumping to Philly's defence/defense ... cut me some slack.

Consider your slack cut...but still, more on point with the thread, it just bothers me that now this city is a bunch of "sissies" (per our own mayor) when if something had happened after a game that shouldn't have happened, it would be "Philly being Philly".

 

[Rayman]

Consider this Philly's response to the constant, borderline retarded interpretation of their fan base. Last thing the city needs lately is some mother and child getting t-boned by a drunk fan and that being written as "ALL EAGLES FANS DRUNKEN BABY KILLERS! (subtext - yes that might always happen but it is Philly and there was SNOOOOOOOWWWWW!)"

Get over it. It's nothing. If anything, it hurts the Eagles players more than anyone.

Tell me how you really feel. :happy:




BTW, your revenge groan will come...when you least expect it. :smug2:

 

[strahanfan92]

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[jms493]

They have a bad rep for a reason. Where there is smoke there is fire....