Link to the tweet

The context for those who don’t care about sports:

The NFL’s Covid policy has been absolute ass and not nearly enforced equally or fairly throughout the year. A Baltimore Ravens coach ignored Covid protocol and his Covid symptoms and practiced with the team. As a result, a catastrophic number of Ravens players have caught Covid, including almost the entire offense and their star players. The game was postponed after the initial Covid diagnoses (including a type 1 diabetic player who has a much higher chance of experiencing acute symptoms) from Thanksgiving, to be played Tuesday, December 1st. In the subsequent days since Thanksgiving, an even larger amount of players have now been diagnosed or deemed ineligible to play due to close contact with players/coaches who have tested positive.

In the beginning of the year the NFL released a statement saying there could be fines, suspensions, loss of draft picks, or even forfeits as the result of failure to comply with Covid protocol. As of now, the league has again postponed, and the game is to be played on Wednesday, December 2nd. Some players are outraged at being forced to take the field when practice facilities have been shut down for over a week, just to go intermingle with each other and a previously unexposed group of players from the other team. There have been rumors of a wildcat strike for player health and safety, and as of now it appears that enough players are in on this idea that the Ravens would not be able to field a full team.

  • Lando [any]
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    4 years ago

    Can I throw out the "NFL players are working class" hot take because I think it's true.

    • opposide [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      That’s not a hot take. Being rich doesn’t mean you aren’t working class if you being rich is contingent on you working

    • worker_democracy [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      They literally have owners. They get bought and sold from one owner to another without any regard to the player's say on the matter. If they're not proles, who is?

    • UnironicWarCriminal [any]
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      4 years ago

      NFL players are some of the most exploited people in the United States. Yes they make a lot of money, but they have very short careers that take an immense physical toll on their bodies.

      People who made it to the NFL are also the 1% of the 1%. Thousands more tried, but got nothing except long term brain damage and chronic pain, and maybe a shitty "education", from years of High School and College football to be allowed the opportunity to try to make that NFL money.

    • MaximumDestruction [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      They are definitely workers. Working class? Who knows. No one agrees what the american pseudoclasses mean anymore anyway. Some landlord with a 80K pickup is more working class to most people than a teacher or low-level office worker.