The NFL Wasted 4 Months Of Planning
The situation the NFL is finding itself in right now is hilarious because it is simultaneously the most predictable thing that could be happening and also one of the things they were completely gifted the advantage to plan against. The NFL season ended right under the wire for when the infection really started to hit America. They escaped unscathed with such a narrow margin of victory that some people claimed the 49ers losing was ultimately good since the ensuing parade would have infected people. The NFL was Indiana Jones, sliding right under the closing door in the nick of time.
Then, gifted with 4 months of time to study, plan, and execute based on how the disease was going, they sat on their thumbs and now the big boulder has spent that entire time rolling downhill on them and pretty soon they’ll be squished be flatter than the curve in countries that aren’t America. Basketball and Hockey had it rough. They had to wait and figure out what to do for the final games. Baseball had it rough, they had to figure out how to execute a shortened season. The NFL had 4 months to study everything, learn as much as possible about the virus and how other places and industries were responding, and they basically just twiddled their thumbs hoping it would be over by now.
As soon as it became clear Covid wasn’t leaving anytime soon they hired some health experts to figure out how to start camps and make it work. The experts laid out plans and suggestions. The NFL didn’t like what the people they hired suggested, so they are just ignoring them. It was so dumb that the players organized a twitter storm on Sunday with the hashtag “#WeWantToPlay” calling for the NFL to stop being dipshits and take this seriously so they can play safely. I actually think the maneuver was kinda brilliant. It unified the players under a hashtag that makes it clear that they do want sports to happen but draw attention to how the NFL’s actions will most likely lead to a season ending infection mess right before it even starts. I’m still personally under the belief that Football isn’t compatible with Covid and probably shouldn’t happen until the country genuinely starts to deal with it appropriately, but since that likely isn’t going to stop the money train from trying to get to the next station I appreciate the players exercising what little power they have to kick the league in the nuts.
I seriously considered ending the comic at #1000 half a year ago. I’m glad I decided to keep going. This is shaping up to be one hell of a memorable year in all sorts of ways.
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Hey so my home is being used as a testing ground for terrifying police state fascist shit right now with federal troops literally kidnapping protesters and detaining them without warning and it is all kinds of supremely fucked up. It is, however, mostly concentrated around a couple of small separate city blocks and the rest of the city is fine. We aren’t “under siege” or some lawless mess like the conservative outlets/dipshit in charge are saying it is. They are lying to you. Even the burning of the PPA on Saturday Night was a very coordinated and controlled event by the folks who did it. I’m honestly real proud of of the Portland protesters. I’ve gone to some bike-oriented protests and some of the smaller ones near my neighborhood (though I’ve mostly followed them online because I’m still pretty anxious about the virus). What is happening now is terrifying.
If you want a good group of follows giving accurate and up to date reports, here’s a great list of follows. These people are usually there, in the mix, updating with feeds and updates and ways you can help if you are a resident like me.
https://twitter.com/IwriteOK
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2020 will be a year studied hard in the future. Hope all is well and be safe.
assuming there’s anyone left to study it…
fuck goodell
It’s completely shocking to me that the normal conspiracy crowd, that you’d think would be freaking out over a power-grabbing government and the ‘deep state’, are silent about what’s happening in Portland.
No, wait, I don’t mean shocking. I mean totally expected by those boot-licking dumbasses.
I’ve seen a lot of conservatives very pissed at what the government is doing in Portland while people on the left wanting the same thing for people they target. This should be a people vs federal government thing, let’s not turn on each other already.
that may be true but the mainstream conservative news outlets are almost universally peddling the “anarchist leftist violent looters” angle
Anti-federalism is literally a dogwhistle for white supremacy. Thanks for proving his point.
Also, I didn’t even say anything about conservatives, I was talking about conspiracy theorists
Don’t ‘last season of Scrubs’ your webcomic if your heart isn’t in it anymore. Though do please find a way to keep the archive up; I reread Too Much Mustard when I’m frustrated and need those uncontrollable belly giggles to relieve my tension.
tdp of late has felt like anything but post shark-jumping
if anything its at a peak right now
The NFL’s plan seemed to be “wait and see what everyone else does and copy it”, which turned out not to be the brightest idea. In all fairness to all the sports leagues though, it doesn’t matter how well they’d done when the national situation is this fucked up.
Also what’s happening in Portland is disgusting
That’s not the government outside. That’s Roger’s men disguised as such. They’re watching you, Dave. Roger sees what you’re writing/drawing about him….
I, for one, am glad that you continued on. I love you comics, and live sports themed humour that’s actually witty.
Can we honestly blame the NFL for screwing this one up? I mean, the entire country screwed this one up. We are quite literally the laughing stock of the entire world right now.
I can’t wait for football to come back to give me something to take my mind off all this, well…besides alcohol, but I fear they’ll F it up so bad that it will be another vector for the rest of the world to point and laugh at us all like we were the kid back in school who used to sit in the corner eating their own boogers.
Well in football terms, the NFL had a 28-3 lead and blew it.
I think Dave should a nascar comic.
I’m sorry, I accidently sent my comment from last Friday’s comic.
“Then, gifted with 4 months of time to study, plan, and execute based on how the disease was going, they sat on their thumbs and now the big boulder has spent that entire time rolling downhill on them and pretty soon they’ll be squished be flatter than the curve in countries that aren’t America.”
Wait, are we talking about the NFL or the America itself?