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    NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    Each team should be allowed to choose fans/mist or heated benches even if the other team chooses not to. Miami had a marked advantage by being in the shade and because they strategically didn't use fans we couldn't them either. This was done on purpose. This is a player safety issue. Players were heavily dehydrated, puking, and getting ill. The players should be allowed some type of comfort for the sake of their health and the quality of the product on the field. What happened yesterday is almost a human rights violation and easily remedied.
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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    They pretend to care about player safety. If they cared they wouldn't have let Tua back in.

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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    I wasn't aware about that rule. That is absolutely atrocious.

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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    I don’t disagree with this but I don’t understand how the Bills could be so unprepared for the heat. This isn’t the first time they’ve played in Miami and it’s only 4 weeks from training camp. The training staff and the players own some of this!
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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    That didn't seem to bother you guys the last few times you beat us at home.

    Quit whining about how hot it was. Its South Florida

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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    Or.... the morons at the NFL should have anticipated this when they made the schedule and made this a night game. THAT is what should have happened.

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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    Quote Originally Posted by Turf View Post
    Each team should be allowed to choose fans/mist or heated benches even if the other team chooses not to. Miami had a marked advantage by being in the shade and because they strategically didn't use fans we couldn't them either. This was done on purpose. This is a player safety issue. Players were heavily dehydrated, puking, and getting ill. The players should be allowed some type of comfort for the sake of their health and the quality of the product on the field. What happened yesterday is almost a human rights violation and easily remedied.

    I was not aware of this rule either.

    It’s very dangerous.

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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike13 View Post
    That didn't seem to bother you guys the last few times you beat us at home.

    Quit whining about how hot it was. Its South Florida
    Didn't know this was even a rule. It shouldn't be. Teams should be able to have fans, regardless of what the other team does. Same with in Buffalo. If teams want to have heaters, let them have whatever. Makes no sense.

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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike13 View Post
    That didn't seem to bother you guys the last few times you beat us at home.

    Quit whining about how hot it was. Its South Florida
    The point is that **** is dangerous. It's bad enough that the stadium was constructed so that at 1 PM the sun is directly on the visitor's sideline while the Dols are in the shade, but not allowing visitors to use fans or cooling devices because Miami isn't is bull****. This is a player safety issue.

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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    There are no player safety issues. They don't give a **** about the players. They signed a contract that said they would play under those working conditions. It is what it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kgun12 View Post
    I don’t disagree with this but I don’t understand how the Bills could be so unprepared for the heat. This isn’t the first time they’ve played in Miami and it’s only 4 weeks from training camp. The training staff and the players own some of this!
    That's all I am saying as well. The team was unprepared.

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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    Quote Originally Posted by Typ0 View Post
    There are no player safety issues. They don't give a **** about the players. They signed a contract that said they would play under those working conditions. It is what it is.

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    That's all I am saying as well. The team was unprepared.
    No one can prepare for the heat and humidity and sun beating down on you in a couple weeks, much less the 5-1/2 days the Bills had. When I saw they had the Bills playing on MNF and then traveling to Miami, I said "F U NFL schedule makers." If they just had the typical full week, they win that game.

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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    This team has been playing a different day and time every week. This is what they prepared for. They have zero rhythm there to disrupt. It's a little harder to heal. That is certain.

    It's adversity. We didn't ring the bell. We didn't look prepared to me. OK, easy for me to say watching on TV with the slew of injuries we had. I definitely will give you that. But it's not that complicated. We failed to ring the bell.

    I was a little disappointed in the end because I thought Allen played great and is an awesome QB. The guy is going to miss plays and he's not missing a lot of them. He has demonstrated some real growth to me this season thus far. There is going to be more to come he's really processing a lot more and slowing down and being a little more decisive at the same time. We were depleted in so many levels and he spread the ball around starting to look more masterful at dissecting a defense. He needs to keep up on the ginko biloba.

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    Re: NFL and NFLPA Need to address Stadium sideline rules

    Quote Originally Posted by Forward_Lateral View Post
    Didn't know this was even a rule. It shouldn't be. Teams should be able to have fans, regardless of what the other team does. Same with in Buffalo. If teams want to have heaters, let them have whatever. Makes no sense.
    Quote Originally Posted by Goobylal View Post
    The point is that **** is dangerous. It's bad enough that the stadium was constructed so that at 1 PM the sun is directly on the visitor's sideline while the Dols are in the shade, but not allowing visitors to use fans or cooling devices because Miami isn't is bull****. This is a player safety issue.
    You can see the fans and air conditioned benches that Buffalo brought on the sideline

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