...But why?
In the wake of a tragic event that took place just outside the Chiefs facility a football game was played. The Panthers took on the Chiefs in Arrowhead just 24 hours after one of the Chief's player's (Jovan Belcher) shot his girlfriend (Kasandra Perkins) and then took his own life. All the while in front of the coach (Romeo Crennel) and the GM (Scott Pioli).
I understand the show must go on theory, but why this soon? Why must we force people who are in the midst of grieving go out and play a meaningless football game? There are members of the Chiefs organization that will be traumatized for life due to this catastrophic event. Can we forget about revenue for one day? Can we forget about the few selfish fans who would be outraged if these millionaire athletes took a day off? We're talking about human life and those who had to witness the most horrifying nightmare of their entire lives. You wouldn't show up to work the next day, and you know what...no one would blame you.
Certainly death can galvanize players, we saw it this year when Torrey Smith lit it up only a few days after his brother passed, we've seen it with Brett Favre on that epic Monday night game against the Raiders after his father died. Even the Chiefs pulled out a victory yesterday in the wake of they're tragedy. Death, and the coping of death is a very powerful thing. But in my opinion, stepping out on to a football field just 24 hours after a player not only took his own life but his girlfriend's life as well, to me just seems a immensely trivial and incredibly distasteful.
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