[Magdalen] Rain.

[Jay Weigel]

I'm thinking this way: the owners have a considerable amount of money
invested in these guys, whose salaries they have to pay even if they're
hurt and not playing. How much are they losing if the guys are not playing,
they have to hire (and pay) other guys (who might not be as good)? How much
will they lose at the box office if the team is losing and people stop
coming to the games because inferior players are playing instead of the
good ones (as is happening right now to the Washington team? So what is
gained by playing in dangerous conditions?

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 2:42 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, the game IS football, in which head injuries happen all the time, so,
> yeah, they obviously don't give a hoot about players' safety. You could
> have a game of flag f'ball, which involves just as much strategy as the
> bloodsport, but without the potential for blood, not many will watch it.
> People go to auto races for the potential that someone will wreck.  They
> will say, "Oh no... I don't watch because someone might be a crash, where
> you see the parts fly in all directions, the twisted wreck on fire, the
> firemen trying to get the driver out ... Oh no...."
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > That is truly ridiculous. It is unsafe for the players in those
> conditions,
> > much more so than in snow, and especially if they are playing on
> artificial
> > turf which becomes unbelievably slippery in very wet conditions. But of
> > course the NFL has a history of not giving a damn about employee safety.
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I think I've heard that the NFL rules provide that games are not
> stopped
> > > for any weather except lightning in area.  I also found it unpleasant
> to
> > > watch, and stopped at the half.  I see from the score that the Colts
> came
> > > back to tie, but Carolina won in OT.
> > >
> > > Eleanor
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > We watched a little bit of the Indianapolis-Carolina football game
> last
> > > > night. They were playing in a monsoon-type rain, and as I remarked to
> > > S/O,
> > > > it looked like a cross between bodysurfing and kids playing Capture
> the
> > > > Flag in a giant puddle. Both fumbles and injuries abounded. Seemed to
> > me
> > > > that anyone with any sense would have canceled the game, but I
> suppose
> > TV
> > > > money trumps everything.
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <
> houstonklr at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 64 here, 20 miles NW of Houston and LOVELY cool after significant
> > rain
> > > > > over the weekend
> > > > > bedroom slider door (no windows) open slightly tonight!
> > > > >
> > > > > Lynn
> > > > >
> > > > > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> > > > >
> > > > > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I
> > have
> > > > not
> > > > > a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You
> > gave
> > > > me."
> > > > > attributed to Erma Bombeck
> > > > > "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from
> a
> > > talk
> > > > > by Richard Rohr
> > > > >
> > > > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > > > From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 10:20 PM
> > > > > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > > > > Subject: [Magdalen] Rain.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, when it petered earlier, it was for good, even though the
> late
> > > > >> afternoon was dark and ominous.  Just to tease me, no doubt.  But,
> > the
> > > > temp
> > > > >> has been low, such that I actually turned on the heat in the car
> > after
> > > > >> coming out of the grocery store after work.  AND, I currently have
> > the
> > > > >> apartment heater on, and have had for some hours.  Rather strange.
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>