I agree! My news about how the NFL handles this. Why don't we focus on how governments handle gun violence?

That documentary simply proves how many gullible people there are, who so easily buy into certain conspiracy and quackery theories. Even in this day and age, some still believe that the earth is flat, the moon landings were faked and.... LOL

Where have you been? That topic has been discussed ad nauseam on this site.

23 year old Reggie Brown of the Detroit Lions was knocked unconscious on the field during a 1997 NFL game. The game, with playoff implications, went on. Brown sustained a spinal cord injury leaving him near death and paralyzed for life. I was watching a college basketball game a few years back when a player collapsed on the court with a potentially fatal heart condition. The game went on while he was rushed to the hospital. He did survive and was able to play again the following year. Injuries are common in sports at all levels. Spinal cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries are common in football, and these often have left the player near death or paralyzed. Two dozen players at the high school and college level died while playing competitive football between 2005 and 2014. Many pro ballers over the years suffered career ending injuries during a game with no headline news.

I never suggested this story should not be covered, it is definitely newsworthy. But above the fold for 3 consecutive days? My question was why this case is so magnified. And I think I have the answer as I pick through some of the more thoughtful responses. It appears that when something traumatic which happens every day to ordinary people happens on t.v., it gets attention. Had this event occurred to Hamlin in his living room, it would never have made it to the front page. I’ve personally witnessed -- more than once -- a grown man dying of sudden cardiac arrest while ballroom dancing!! Of course I wish Hamlin survival, a full recovery and ability to play again. But to spend so much time on one person when there are so many others who also need prayers = “Out of sight, out of mind”.

From July 1990 through June 2010, there were 243 deaths in high school and college from football.

This is 12.2 deaths per year. None of them were televised on national tv.

very well said

yes, i saw it, & am still not sure what to think about THAT, but i will honestly admit here i too, wondered in the back of my mind if the jab did in fact have any relation to this episode with the ball player. i am lucky enough to have several people working in the medical field close to me, who explained exactly what happened. with stop motion video of the impact/footage, they narrated step by step how this happened & the awful result. long story short: it was NOT the jab :popcorn: see post #11

Absolutely an ignorant post, you should be ashamed

v 1 9 side effects right in front of your eyes .. can you see the coverup yet??

Let me guess your white don’t watch football? He is 24 years old in a Monday night football big game before millions

My 79 year old husband
Nd had a heart attack at pickle all his heart didn’t stop not millions watching no press 79 vs 24


Damar Hamlin is a young vibrant caring man.with so much life ahead of him

I have not found any report that he had an irregular heart beat problem. The suspected cause was the blow to the chest. This is significant because of the safety implications not only to professional athletes who are making millions but also to children, adolescents, and young adults who play.

Media coverage of Hamlin incident
 

Finally, a succinct, comprehensive reply!

The best part of this is that it will reinforce the need for everyone to know CPR and AED's and they are affective.

Me too! Sorry for his injury but goes to show you that sports news is more important !

Heart Attack
 

It was a shame this young man had a heart attack playing football, my question is why are we giving this young man so much attention, our service men and woman put there live on the ling every day 24 hr a day and when one die we hear nothing in the press about it,, I thing we should give our service men and woman ,the same attention, that we give a sports person playing a game ,

I suspect that if any one of the 1,000 people you refer to went into cardiac arrest and had their seemingly heroic emergency treatment broadcast on prime time television for twenty minutes that they too would would also receive special attention.

I see a lot of criticism of the original poster for posting this topic. The above answer legitimately responds. That is, it was televised live, and all got to see it.

It is not special that he was 24 years old, a football hero, or anything other than a human being. He was engaged in a rough sport by choice and suffered an unfortunate accident. Hopefully he will successfully recover.

Take away the live TV, pro sport notoriety, and the special attention disappears no matter how tragic or heroic the death may be.

Situations occur that rival or exceed this in sorrow occur daily, even here in The Villages. It may be a tragic accident, unexpected health problem or crime.

We left WNY during the Summer 2021. Wish our move to The Villages was two decades sooner!

Answer to the question: Because he was on Natioal TV when this unlucky event happened
 

[QUOTE=MrLonzo;2172908]Just wondering why there’s so much coverage of Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during the NFL game last Monday. There are close to 1,000 people going into cardiac arrest every day in the U.S., none of which are headline news. Their businesses don’t shut down, their employers don’t send everyone home, the world doesn’t stop. Why is this one so special?

The incident happened on National TV so thousands of people saw it so they are reporting it...and talking about...doesn't mean that others are forgotten. I'm sure you must know this

Agree, kind of like major auto races in a way. It has been a bit surprising that it was been such an all day every day coverage on every network, even for a high profile athlete. Bright side is, it may be a tragedy averted, reports have been very positive. This "incident" may be the beginning of something in his life he would never have anticipated, God has a way of using people with such experiences, and he seems to be a young man who would be open to reaching out in a way he never anticipated, that far surpasses only his significant athletic talents... you never can tell as the old saying goes !

Exactly ! It's no surprise that the very same accident Jay Leno had working on his car, could happen here to an auto enthusiast, but it's probably not going to even make the Daily Sun, let alone the local TV news. I don't think it has any particular meaning, people (for some reason ?) seem to be interested in every detail of what happens to high profile people in any profession, athletics, entertainment, politics, etc. Being LIVE ON TV, of course that is not something that happens very often in an event.

Perhaps someone will learn CPR
 

What if as a result of this media coverage somebody learned CPR and is in close proximity should you have a heart attack on the golf course, airport, gas station or anywhere else?

Heart warming how this cause has been taken up.

Lots of people are getting trained on CPR as a result. Starting CPR ASAP is crucial to a good outcome. Seconds matter, so having more people that would act quickly is good for all of us.