Gov. Ed Rendell, Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania says this from ESPN: "The city of Philadelphia is set to host the NFL's first Tuesday night game in 64 years, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) couldn't be more upset about it.
"It goes against everything that football is all about," Rendell said Monday on radio station 97.5 The Fanatic in Philadelphia....
Rendell viewed the NFL's decision as a referendum on the toughness, or lack thereof, of the United States.
"My biggest beef is that this is part of what's happened in this country," Rendell said. "I think we've become wussies."
"We've become a nation of wusses. The Chinese are kicking our butt in everything," Rendell added. "If this was in China do you think the Chinese would have called off the game? People would have been marching down to the stadium, they would have walked and they would have been doing calculus on the way down."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5960674
I'm not sure about the Chinese, but hell, they called off the game before it started snowing. there was only 5 inches on the ground when kickoff would have been and Philly got only a foot of snow from the snowstorm. That's nothing for Philadelphia. Who would have thought the NFL has become a league of wimps and patsies? The players would have fun in the snow, and the fans would have fun. Remember, the fans of Philly are some of the toughest and meanest. They, of course, are the one's who booed Santa Claus.
Finally, from Rendell and it sums it up pretty good: "What do you think [Hall of Fame coach Vince] Lombardi would say?" Rendell asked Monday. "He would say that we've become a nation of wusses."
So, football players will be in the same catagory as baseball players in terms of toughness and that is not a good thing.
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The NFL called off the game because there had already been a number of crashes on the New Jersey Turnpike, and they were concerned about the safety of the fans getting to and from the game. It had nothing to do with the weather conditions in the stadium, or the players' ability and willingness to play in the snow.
ReplyDeleteSo, apparently, next time the Packers play in a snowstorm and people crash in Milwaukee, they should cancel the game?
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