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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know if it has already been mentioned, but the ESPN team did a remarkable job under challenging circumstances. Joe Buck, partnered with Troy Aikman, explained how their task shifted from calling the game to reporting on a news story. Lisa Salters did some emotional and compelling reporting about what it was like to be in the stadium. The studio crew of Suzy Kolber, Booger McFarland, and Adam Schefter had perhaps the toughest job trying to find the right words to make sense of what was happening without knowing any facts. After the game, Ryan Clark, working with Scott Van Pelt, was emotional, powerful, and insightful. I was in awe of all of them, but Clark in particular. [/quote]

Really?  I thought they did a terrible job.

Nothing but a lot of stammering and deer in the headlights look.

Would have been great to have up a graphic with some basic info about him.  
They did eventually do this… what 2 hours later.

How about a phoner or Zoom with a medical expert.  
Your questions could be what has caused NFL players to collapse in the past?  Why would someone need CPR and explain CPR?  Why would you use an AED? How is this different from CPR? What is a Level 1 Trauma Center? Does the NFL have emergency protocols?  
These are pretty basic questions without giving specific medical information or outcomes, but helps keep the story in perspective.

The timeline graphic was awful.

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They didn't have that information as the situation unfolded. Nothing like this has ever happened before. They did their best under the circumstances, exhibiting real emotion without speculating.[/quote]

Agreed. They did have his stats up, multiple times and way earlier than 2 hours. If they had done anything you mentioned it would have been horribly inappropriate and done for "ratings." As it was, they weren't trying to entertain you, or even be informative. My impression is they were trying to get information on the condition of the player - that's it. The rest was filler because it WAS filler. There was no "perspective of the story" need. Full stop. That poster is as bad as the NFL-is-a-business-they-should-have-played poster. [/quote]

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