Report: Some frostbitten fans might need amputations

[Woodman]

According to Fox 4 in Kansas City, some fans who suffered frostbite at the January playoff game between the Dolphins and Chiefs might need amputations.

Dr. Megan Garcia, the Grossman Burn Center Medical Director, said that 70 percent of the patients who suffered frostbite during the period of extreme cold in the Kansas City area are being advised to schedule amputations. The majority of the patients with frostbite developed the condition at the Dolphins-Chiefs game.

Said Dr. Garcia in January, “In just this cold spell we’ve been having I’ve seen multiple patients that will likely require amputation five to six weeks from now. I imagine it’ll be somewhere between 10 and 20 at this point.”

As the game approached, the NFL told that there is no temperature that it regards as too cold for the playing of a game. The league might want to reconsider that approach.



Report- Some frostbitten fans from Dolphins-Chief game might need amputations - NBC Sports

[Bill Cody]

Too bad no one knew before the game it was going to be really cold....

[Forward_Lateral]

Well, this isn't going to end well.

Soon there will be "too cold" temps and the games will be moved indoors

[Bill Cody]

Well, this isn't going to end well.

Soon there will be "too cold" temps and the games will be moved indoors

They already are for me. It's always 70 degrees and no wind where I watch. I used to be anti dome. Now I'm anti everything except perfect weather. Call me a wuss. Don't care.

[Forward_Lateral]

They already are for me. It's always 70 degrees and no wind where I watch. I used to be anti dome. Now I'm anti everything except perfect weather. Call me a wuss. Don't care.

Agreed. While there's nothing like a Bills tailgate, I'd rather watch the game from my couch for many reasons, weather being near the top.

To your point about the fans knowing how cold it would be, it never ceases to amaze me how stupid alcohol makes people.

[Novacane]

Some of them will sue the NFL.

[sahlensguy]

Well, this isn't going to end well.






Soon there will be "too cold" temps and the games will be moved indoors

As long as it protects those in extreme heat conditions as well. Like when the Bills or any other visiting team plays in Miami.

[Forward_Lateral]

As long as it protects those in extreme heat conditions as well. Like when the Bills or any other visiting team plays in Miami.

Well the players aren't the ones with frost bite in this case, it's the moron fans who probably got piss drunk and forgot to put gloves on.

[sahlensguy]

Well the players aren't the ones with frost bite in this case, it's the moron fans who probably got piss drunk and forgot to put gloves on.

Victim blaiming, idk?


The n f l sold fans tickets. what were the fans supposed to do, stay at home?

[Mad Max]

Well, this isn't going to end well.

Soon there will be "too cold" temps and the games will be moved indoors

The good news is the Bills weren’t dumb enough to build an open air stadium in their arctic winter climate!…or

[ParanoidAndroid]

Victim blaiming, idk?


The n f l sold fans tickets. what were the fans supposed to do, stay at home?

Victims? Of what?

Someone forced them to stay outside in the cold and forego basic self care?

It's not like they were lost in the frozen wilderness or stranded in a blizzard.

They were warned and advised to prepare.

No one is a "victim" here.

[sahlensguy]

Victims? Of what?

Someone forced them to stay outside in the cold and forego basic self care?

It's not like they were lost in the frozen wilderness or stranded in a blizzard.

They were warned and advised to prepare.

No one is a "victim" here.

We're refunds offered? If not there were victims. The fans who paid good money to go see the product that they were sold.

[sahlensguy]

The league chose to play the game in those conditions. It's not like they haven't moved games before due to weather, as any Bills fan can attest. I hope they lose billions.

[ParanoidAndroid]

How many fans were at that game?

[ParanoidAndroid]

This is so ridiculous. If you do not know to go get yourself into the warmth that is feet away instead of subjecting yourself to frostbite because you paid money, you really need to get your priorities straight.

[DraftBoy]

Well, this isn't going to end well.

Soon there will be "too cold" temps and the games will be moved indoors

Agreed about the temperature extremes being imposed. I just wonder how low they will set it.

[DraftBoy]

They already are for me. It's always 70 degrees and no wind where I watch. I used to be anti dome. Now I'm anti everything except perfect weather. Call me a wuss. Don't care.

Same.

[sahlensguy]

This is so ridiculous. If you do not know to go get yourself into the warmth that is feet away instead of subjecting yourself to frostbite because you paid money, you really need to get your priorities straight.

Really? Every fan is weather wise? If a company sells tickets to their events, they need to take reasonable and basic precautions for your safety. Expecting paying customers to know how to take care of themselves in extreme conditions at your event is not a reasonable expectation.

[Oaf]

This is really sad actually.

[sahlensguy]

This is really sad actually.

Yeah, it could be somebody's kid.

But because it was a playoff game and not a regular season game, the NFL got greedy and decided to put patrons in harm's way. And their army of lawyers will probably absolve them of any guilt.

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Too bad no one knew before the game it was going to be really cold....

Boo

NFL shill