Yes, either that or play the game later in the season during the BYE week, the NFL is leaning toward using the bye week but none of the players want that. I don't want them to use the bye week either, the players need that week in the middle of the season to recover and recuperate from the first half of the season. NFL would be screwing the players if they went that route. There is also the possibilty of playing sunday in another southern stadium, could be Jacksonville, Atlanta, Charlotte, or New Orleans. I say lets play sunday in Jacksonville and get it over with. The Hurricane is still far away it could still miss us completely.
we can't play in northern florida or any part sunday. it is moving away, and really, on Monday, SFLA, according to models is clear. On Monday, it is moving further up
Bring the game to Charlotte, the Panthers are out of town. And we have a pretty strong following here. We'd definitely have more fans than the Bucs. I really hate the idea of postponing. Just use the closest team's stadium that is away on week one, that is not in the path of the storm.
Probably the only day besides friday were we get to see it. Doubt there's much Electricity to go around after this baby hits.... "A man who hasn't found something he is willing to die for is not fit to live." Rev. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr "How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing." John Lennon Welcome to Planet Earth....The insane asylum of the universe.
They are moving the game to week 11 and neither team gets a bye week. Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk
Actually, they can't play Thursday because all police and other emergency personnel are in a state of emergency.
This is BS, they should have played it in another stadium further north either sunday or monday. Miami and Tampa are now at a clear disadvantage compared to all other teams. Goodell is a a greedy bastard.
Come on dude, these players live there. They need the same time as everyone else to prepare for the storm. This is bigger than football Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk
All the players wanted to play the game this week regardless of the storm. They care more about their bodies, their health and having a better chance to make the playoffs than they do about the NFL's extra profits from TV and gate that they are getting from moving it to the by week instead of playing somwhere else this week. They can still prepare like everyone else balancing work and the hurricane preperation. Playing the game on sunday wasnt going to prevent them and their families from preparing for the storm.
Once upon a time, the NFL had 6 preseason games and the regular season was 14 straight games. Then The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks came into the league and the schedule was adjusted to 4 preseason games and 16 straight regular season games. In 1990, the NFL recognizing the brutality of 16 straight games on NFL players instituted the bye week, to give teams the opportunity to rest their players. The NFL has chosen to go back to 1989 for Miami and Tampa Bay, so while 30 other teams will get their much needed bye weeks, we won't. The game could have been moved to Thursday night...it could have been moved to Friday night. There is precedence for both but they chose the worse of all possible options. Miami and Tampa Bay should be compensated for this...compensate both teams by a compensatory 1st round draft pick in 2018.
The game could not have been moved to an earlier day. People really need to pay attention to this because it keeps getting said. Florida is in a state of emergency. There are no police for the event.
