President Joe Biden was asked Wednesday if Monday’s incident involving Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin shows professional football is becoming too dangerous.
“No,” Biden responded, per Joe Morgan of Fox News. “Look, the idea that you’re going to have… You got guys that are 6’8, 340 pounds running a 4.8 [seconds] 40 [yard dash]. I mean, you know, you hit somebody with that kind of force… Now, that’s not what happened here.
“I don’t know how you avoid it. I think working like hell on the helmets and the concussion protocols, that all makes a lot of sense. But it’s, you know, it is dangerous. We’ve got to just acknowledge it.”
Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest after making a tackle during Monday’s prime-time game at the Cincinnati Bengals and was administered CPR on the field until his heartbeat was restored. The Bills confirmed earlier on Wednesday he remains in the intensive care unit at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center:
