ESPN Sports Media Makes Unforgivable Mistake Reporting Damar Hamlin InjuryUnity Consciousness #2874

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This is another of many daily examples showing why we should always do our own questioning, investigating and checking when it comes to any information we encounter from any source. Every piece of logic must be double-checked, triple-checked, crosschecked, back-checked and strip searched.

ESPN and other so-called major media outlets, have made a big unforgivable mistake by characterizing yesterday's January 2, 2023 on-field cardiac arrest of Darryl Hamlin as “unprecedented” and excusing the obvious NFL focus on game completion as something they've never dealt with and the first time this has occurred on national TV.

I automatically remember the 1978 paralysis of Darryl Stingley.
After a brief internet search, other, just as horrific prominent injuries surface that ESPN and other media should know about and somebody in the organization should have quickly corrected the mouthpieces acting like this is the first time something so “traumatizing” has happened in the NFL.

Sports fans know the about the 1971 on-field death of Charles “Chuck” Frederick Hughes.
Also the 1991 paralysis of Mike Utley.
Also the 2017 paralysis of Ryan Shazier.[this name added after initial post]
Also the 2007 paralysis of Kevin Everett. [this name added after initial post]
Also the 2000 paralysis and then death 18 months later of Curtis Williams, who played for the University of Washington.[this name added after initial post]

“Stone Johnson, an aspiring Kansas City Chiefs rookie in 1963, suffered a broken neck blocking on a kick return in an American Football League exhibition game played on Saturday, Aug. 31, in Wichita, Kan. Partially paralyzed, Johnson, a 23-year-old from Grambling State who'd run in the 1960 Summer Olympics, died on Sunday, Sept. 8.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/08/29/nfl-player-death-anniversary-stone-johnson-len-dawson-chiefs/2735393/

“The only other NFL-AFL death that has been attributed directly to a hit on the field also occurred in the fledgling AFL. New York Titans rookie offensive guard Howard Glenn, 24, died hours after a game in October 1960 in Houston, the cause of death also cited as a broken neck.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/08/29/nfl-player-death-anniversary-stone-johnson-len-dawson-chiefs/2735393/

Even the frequent 2022 concussions of Tua Tagovailoa should be extremely concerning to Tua and the NFL. I have not studied this out but I suspect a major contributor to football related concussions is the two-fold: The neck and head whipping backwards, and the hitting AstroTurf underlain by concrete or cement. The whipping backward of the head exacerbated by the inertia of falling and the distance between the shoulders and back hitting first and then the inertia continuing through to the neck and head. I wonder why there is not a helmet or shoulder pad redesign to reduce the additional distance the neck and head must travel before coming to rest.
Along these same lines, perhaps it would be beneficial to redesign shoulder pads with chest protectors and shock absorbers to allow some of the impact pressure to dissipate or be redistributed.
There was a study that said at least one third of college football players in the Usa have suffered a concussion. That's a lot of people. There are 70,000 college players each year. You can reasonably expect the same or greater percentage of concussions or head or neck injuries in the NFL.

We'll see if any of the media outlets people blindly rely on, will make immediate obvious and necessary January 3rd corrections about these other NFL incidents they overlooked but in no way should have in their initial reporting. I fully suspect they ignored the other incidents because their primary job is to promote and support the NFL. Thus again it's about money money money and moral sickness.

01/02.23 Update

In the 9am ET hour of ESPN's “Get Up,” Domonique Foxworth did mention a few names I have not listed. I am certain if we gathered all data from high school, college and NFL, the list will contain dozens of names, including deaths due to heat exhaustion heat stroke, that we do hear about from time to time in football, basketball and other sports. Are we highly intelligent and medically astute or not?

It is my opinion that it does us no good to not show the final football play that resulted in the cardiac arrest of Damar Hamlin. We can't keep hiding or minimizing the ugliness and pain of life just as it would have been a disservice to humanity to not show all 9 minutes of the George Floyd murder. If the football tackle made by Damar was routine and normal as it is being described, then even if we don't see this particular play, I think it is important for us to recognize the same play taking place in almost every game. Thus it would be beneficial to humanity to keep us more keen in all football collisions and tackles, just as we should question other sports such as Boxing, MMA, Rugby and others where the body is intentionally struck with as much force as possible as a means of entertaining us and a way to make money, and that prioritizes athleticism of that type as the best way to earn money and gain whatever other satisfactions are associated.
Perhaps this type of football, with its equipment and rules, is a sign of a barbaric tolerant society.

Lastly, there is a societal failure that does not prioritize constant checking for any underlying physical condition or external set of conditions that can make sports more dangerous, so that there can be preventative mitigation. In other words, we think frequent drug testing is a good idea for the primary reason of preventing unfair advantage; however, we have not implemented frequent medical review to prevent disadvantage to players, thus to the gift of life.

Related Info Added After 01.03.23

1. https://www.espn.com/espn/commentary/story/_/id/7661990/coy-wire-changes-mind-nfl-injuries
2. Pending