#tellusatoday: Right to have played NFL game?
We asked our followers on Twitter whether the NFL should have postponed Sunday's game after news of the Jovan Belcher murder-suicide. Comments have been edited for clarity and grammar:
Game should have been postponed. Air it alone on national TV; plan game to increase domestic violence awareness.
-- @PlumbbobGreen
As sad as this is, it's not the NFL's function to publicize domestic violence. That reeks of opportunism.
-- @Hplage44
What happened was a tragedy, but as a business or/and as a show, the game has to be played.
-- @carlosjime
The decision to play was a monetary one, I'm sure. It was very, very wrong. End the culture of violence in the NFL.
-- @MJGarciaKCMO
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