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Jan 2, 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) makes the tackle on Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins (85) during the first quarterat Paycor Stadium. The play led to Hamlin collapsing on the field, and being taken to the hospital in critical condition. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports

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Jan 2, 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) makes the tackle on Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins (85) during the first quarterat Paycor Stadium. The play led to Hamlin collapsing on the field, and being taken to the hospital in critical condition. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
The game between Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night didn’t conclude on the same day, as the Bills’ safety, Damar Hamlin, collapsed on the field. Damar’s injury has been reported to be a severe one. As a result, he was even given CPR multiple times before getting in the ambulance and rushing to the hospital. After this incident, many people from a sports background and others shared their best wishes and prayers with Damar. However, a tweet from Skip Bayless provoked the sporting world, and they replied with angry statements about Skip’s tweet. It includes bodybuilding veteran Phil Heath, NFL player Logan Cooke, NBA star Isaiah Thomas and others.
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What was the tweet that made the athletes so angry? Moreover, what did these sporting stars say in reply to Skip Bayless’ tweet? Lets us find out.
The tweet that poked the anger in the athletes
Buffalo Bills’ safety, Damar Hamlins, collapsed on the field when he tackled the receiver Tee Higgins from Cincinnati Bengals. Hamlins suddenly stood back but fell unconscious soon after that. The medical team immediately took emergency measures and later took him to the hospital. While everybody, including the sporting world and others, was folding their hands for prayers, an insensitive tweet from Skip Bayless poked the anger in the sporting community.
No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game – but how? This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome … which suddenly seems so irrelevant.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 3, 2023
Skip Bayless tweeted, “No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game – but how? This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome … which suddenly seems so irrelevant.”
This tweet disturbed the feelings of many athletes, and they replied to Skip’s tweet in no way Skipp would have expected.
The sporting world gave some befitting replies to Skip Bayless’s tweet on Damar Hamlin
Bodybuilding veteran and 7x Mr. Olympia Phil Heath tweeted, “You’ve gotta log off and humble yourself as a human being. Damar is in critical condition Skip! We need positivity, let the league sort this out as both teams don’t care about playing at this moment.”
You've gotta log off and humble yourself as a human being. Damar is in critical condition Skip! We need positivity, let the league sort this out as both teams don't care about playing at this moment.
— PHIL HEATH (@PHILHEATH) January 3, 2023
Whereas the NBA superstar, Isiah Thomas, tweeted, “I hope they fire you bro!!! For you to even THINK of the game is very sad.”
I hope they fire you bro!!! For you to even THINK of the game is very sad.
— Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) January 3, 2023
Moving on, the football player Logan Cooke got furious and tweeted, “This is the most inconsiderate thing you could have said. We are human beings not just numbers. You’ve obviously never stepped foot in a locker room or been apart of a family like this. We are a band of brothers! Get over yourself man… Praying hard for Damar and his family!”
This is the most inconsiderate thing you could have said. We are human beings not just numbers. You’ve obviously never stepped foot in a locker room or been apart of a family like this. We are a band of brothers! Get over yourself man… Praying hard for Damar and his family!
— Logan Cooke (@LoganCooke2) January 3, 2023
Moreover, Hamlin’s teammate, Tim Settle Jr., tweeted, “Shannon been checked you bout how you talk learn how to stfu.”
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Shannon been checked you bout how you talk learn how to stfu
— Tim Settle Jr (@tim_settle) January 3, 2023
And these were just a few tweets that were against Skip’s tweet. There have been thousands of tweets against the same.
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