Is it OK to be glad when a player gets hurt or to hope they get hurt (1 Viewer)

[Stinkin Ref]

 

[Da Guru]

It really does not matter if we are happy or sad..it is totally out of our control.

 

[dennis.moore]

No it is not okay. It is stupid to wish someone get hurt for a stupid fantasy game.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

I'm never glad, but I do think "man I'm glad he's not on my teams."

 

[thatguy]

I think it depends on the type of injury. If you are glad because a player you are going up against suffers a minor injury that keeps him out for the rest of the game but is not serious, I think that's okay. But it's never okay to be glad, or to hope for, a serious injury.

 

[Spock]

I think it depends on the type of injury. If you are glad because a player you are going up against suffers a minor injury that keeps him out for the rest of the game but is not serious, I think that's okay. But it's never okay to be glad, or to hope for, a serious injury.

ThisBut sometimes I want to jump through the tv and jab an icepick through Aaron Brooks' eye socket after he just threw his 4th pick of the day and is walking off the field smirking as if he meant to do it to me on purpose...sorry I just had a flashback.

 

[thatguy]

I think it depends on the type of injury. If you are glad because a player you are going up against suffers a minor injury that keeps him out for the rest of the game but is not serious, I think that's okay. But it's never okay to be glad, or to hope for, a serious injury.

ThisBut sometimes I want to jump through the tv and jab an icepick through Aaron Brooks' eye socket after he just threw his 4th pick of the day and is walking off the field smirking as if he meant to do it to me on purpose...sorry I just had a flashback.

Awesome.

 

[DesmondBishop]

I am hoping for a lot of "minor" injuries in the pre-game warm ups tonight.

 

[SameSongNDance]

i love how this thread was created in direct response to my post in the dmc thread.

 

[B-Deep]

are you serious?

 

[DesmondBishop]

are you serious?

I am very serious, I used to go by the name "Dead Serious", then I switched up to "Serious as a Heart Attack". So yes, I am serious, I need some minor injuries in pre-game warm ups, just bad enough to keep a "few" players out of tonight's game. I also apologize ahead of time if anyone suffers any "minor" injuries before the game.

 

[B-Deep]

are you serious?

I am very serious, I used to go by the name "Dead Serious", then I switched up to "Serious as a Heart Attack". So yes, I am serious, I need some minor injuries in pre-game warm ups, just bad enough to keep a "few" players out of tonight's game. I also apologize ahead of time if anyone suffers any "minor" injuries before the game.

i wish you'd run into one of the players you need to get hurt and tel them that because of your pretend football team you hope they get hurt and cannot playthese are human beings you know, not pixels or polygons

 

[jurb26]

I think it depends on the type of injury. If you are glad because a player you are going up against suffers a minor injury that keeps him out for the rest of the game but is not serious, I think that's okay. But it's never okay to be glad, or to hope for, a serious injury.

I agree with this. Anyone who says they are not happy when a major player they are facing goes down to a minor, say wind knocked out, injury is just being dishonest IMO. I know I'm relieved when this happens and also happy the player isn't going to be largely effected. Win win!

 

[B-Deep]

I think it depends on the type of injury. If you are glad because a player you are going up against suffers a minor injury that keeps him out for the rest of the game but is not serious, I think that's okay. But it's never okay to be glad, or to hope for, a serious injury.

I agree with this. Anyone who says they are not happy when a major player they are facing goes down to a minor, say wind knocked out, injury is just being dishonest IMO. I know I'm relieved when this happens and also happy the player isn't going to be largely effected. Win win!

how often do players sit the rest of the game because they got the wind knocked out of them?

 

[SameSongNDance]

This thread is actually goin to help us find out who the true ##### bags really are around the pool, I approve.

 

[Toxic Gatorade]

I like the word "relieved" better than "glad"........as in - *I was relieved when Jordy Nelson left yesterday's game*. I'm not glad he got hurt because I like the Packers.......but relieved because I didn't have to face him in fantasy yesterday. I'm not sure if there's a difference.

 

[rickyg]

Injuries are part of the game. That's why these guys get paid the big bucks. I'm never happy that a guy got hurt but he was gonna get hurt whether it helped my fantasy team or not so if his injury happens to help my fantasy team I will do the dance of joy...not for his injury but for my fantasy team.

I am only saying what everyone does but maybe does not wantto admit.

 

[Amused to Death]

Injuries are part of the game. That's why these guys get paid the big bucks. I'm never happy that a guy got hurt but he was gonna get hurt whether it helped my fantasy team or not so if his injury happens to help my fantasy team I will do the dance of joy...not for his injury but for my fantasy team.

I am only saying what everyone does but maybe does not wantto admit.

I agree with this. I don't think people are happy players get hurt; they're happy they have a better chance to win their fantasy game. There's a difference and some of us can separate the two.

 

[jurb26]

I think it depends on the type of injury. If you are glad because a player you are going up against suffers a minor injury that keeps him out for the rest of the game but is not serious, I think that's okay. But it's never okay to be glad, or to hope for, a serious injury.

I agree with this. Anyone who says they are not happy when a major player they are facing goes down to a minor, say wind knocked out, injury is just being dishonest IMO. I know I'm relieved when this happens and also happy the player isn't going to be largely effected. Win win!

how often do players sit the rest of the game because they got the wind knocked out of them?

Ok bad example. Maybe they missed a key scoring opportunity though.

 

[Stinkin Ref]

i love how this thread was created in direct response to my post in the dmc thread.

it was...but not sure why you have a problem with it or "love it"...it generated some discussion....was just wondering the thoughts of others.....in the McFadden thread.... SSD called Goodson owners d-bags for being glad that McFadden was out....(prior to us really knowing about Goodson's injury, although it doesn't really matter and thats not the point)...in the real world we don't want anybody to get hurt....but in our fantasy world and if you are a Goodson owner, of course you want to see DMC out of action.....that doesn't make you a bad person or a d-bag....it is the whole reason why you had Goodson, so to say you don't hope DMC goes down would be silly....fantasy football is like a business in many ways.....if you and I are in the same town and we own the only 2 fast food burger places.....I'm not going to mind if something happens and you have to shut down.....more business for me.....I would be hoping that you got shut down somehow....doesn't make me a bad person, just business.....I don't wish any player to get hurt in the real world, but doesn't mean I can't be happy about it in the context of fantasy football.....and doesn't make me a d-bag...I think you can sepearte the two....and anybody in here who has had a small lead and sees a player from the other team go out with an injury and says that they weren't happy about it at some level, is lying....

 

[DesmondBishop]

Hey, I did apologize for anyone getting hurt, so that's not all bad is it? Obviously you are at a place in your life you can judge others, so please tell me, I am not "so" bad.

On a more serious note, I do not believe a single person that says a minor injury wouldn't be that bad, if winning money was on the line.

I was playing against Marshall and with the game totally out of hand in the 4th quarter, he was still catching TD passes, 37 - 17 and then another one at 44 - 17, that tells me the coach doesn't much care if he gets hurt either.

 

[ImTheScientist]

When Percy Harvin got injured I was at a sports bar in Seattle. A group of us cheered..... plus I was playing him so I couldn't complain. At the end of the day it doesn't matter if you are happy or sad.....what has happened happened and your feelings on it are meaningless.

I will say if its life threatening I wouldn't cheer regardless....so I guess injury severity matters somewhat. But I have seen plenty of dudes cheer when guys get KTFO.

 

[drummer]

are you serious?

I am very serious, I used to go by the name "Dead Serious", then I switched up to "Serious as a Heart Attack". So yes, I am serious, I need some minor injuries in pre-game warm ups, just bad enough to keep a "few" players out of tonight's game. I also apologize ahead of time if anyone suffers any "minor" injuries before the game.

i wish you'd run into one of the players you need to get hurt and tel them that because of your pretend football team you hope they get hurt and cannot playthese are human beings you know, not pixels or polygons

So you wish another poster harm...

 

[jurb26]

are you serious?

I am very serious, I used to go by the name "Dead Serious", then I switched up to "Serious as a Heart Attack". So yes, I am serious, I need some minor injuries in pre-game warm ups, just bad enough to keep a "few" players out of tonight's game. I also apologize ahead of time if anyone suffers any "minor" injuries before the game.

i wish you'd run into one of the players you need to get hurt and tel them that because of your pretend football team you hope they get hurt and cannot playthese are human beings you know, not pixels or polygons

So you wish another poster harm...

 

[BobbyLayne]

I have seen plenty of dudes cheer when guys get KTFO.

Like Sean Lee?

 

[Hipple Long Ware & Peete]

Yesno

 

[Chazzhawk]

Not cool, I never wish for anyone to get hurt. I do wish for them to have bad games once in a while but never an injury. Except for maybe Pacman Jones, I am sorry but that guy is a pure scumbag.

 

[babydemon90]

how is this poll close? Hoping someone gets hurt for your personal benefit or enjoyment is about as immoral as it gets...

 

[Amused to Death]

how is this poll close? Hoping someone gets hurt for your personal benefit or enjoyment is about as immoral as it gets...

Who said anything about hoping? But I'm not going to be disappointed if a stud player going against me goes down. Like I said above, some of us can separate the difference between hoping a player gets hurt from being glad I'm going to win.Sorry if others can't make that distinction.

 

[wiscstlatlmia]

I mean... its completely wrong... but I can't help but be 'relieved' when I don't own a certain player in any leagues. It's not really a conscious choice is it?

 

[rickyg]

how is this poll close? Hoping someone gets hurt for your personal benefit or enjoyment is about as immoral as it gets...

Who said anything about hoping? But I'm not going to be disappointed if a stud player going against me goes down. Like I said above, some of us can separate the difference between hoping a player gets hurt from being glad I'm going to win.Sorry if others can't make that distinction.

Where is the "like" button?

 

[Disposable Hero]

The poll question is "Is it OK to be glad when a player gets hurt or to hope they get hurt", the answer is NO. I never hope any player gets hurt or glad when they do. Fantasy football does not mean that much to me. If a player is playing against me and is de-activated I'm okay with saying it gives me a better chance to win, but he was already injured not because I was hoping he would he'd get hurt.

 

[thatguy]

i love how this thread was created in direct response to my post in the dmc thread.

it was...but not sure why you have a problem with it or "love it"...it generated some discussion....was just wondering the thoughts of others.....in the McFadden thread.... SSD called Goodson owners d-bags for being glad that McFadden was out....(prior to us really knowing about Goodson's injury, although it doesn't really matter and thats not the point)...in the real world we don't want anybody to get hurt....but in our fantasy world and if you are a Goodson owner, of course you want to see DMC out of action.....that doesn't make you a bad person or a d-bag....it is the whole reason why you had Goodson, so to say you don't hope DMC goes down would be silly....fantasy football is like a business in many ways.....if you and I are in the same town and we own the only 2 fast food burger places.....I'm not going to mind if something happens and you have to shut down.....more business for me.....I would be hoping that you got shut down somehow....doesn't make me a bad person, just business.....I don't wish any player to get hurt in the real world, but doesn't mean I can't be happy about it in the context of fantasy football.....and doesn't make me a d-bag...I think you can sepearte the two....and anybody in here who has had a small lead and sees a player from the other team go out with an injury and says that they weren't happy about it at some level, is lying....

 

[thatguy]

how is this poll close? Hoping someone gets hurt for your personal benefit or enjoyment is about as immoral as it gets...

Who said anything about hoping? But I'm not going to be disappointed if a stud player going against me goes down. Like I said above, some of us can separate the difference between hoping a player gets hurt from being glad I'm going to win.Sorry if others can't make that distinction.

And too.

 

[SameSongNDance]

i love how this thread was created in direct response to my post in the dmc thread.

it was...but not sure why you have a problem with it or "love it"...it generated some discussion....was just wondering the thoughts of others.....in the McFadden thread.... SSD called Goodson owners d-bags for being glad that McFadden was out....(prior to us really knowing about Goodson's injury, although it doesn't really matter and thats not the point)...in the real world we don't want anybody to get hurt....but in our fantasy world and if you are a Goodson owner, of course you want to see DMC out of action.....that doesn't make you a bad person or a d-bag....it is the whole reason why you had Goodson, so to say you don't hope DMC goes down would be silly....fantasy football is like a business in many ways.....if you and I are in the same town and we own the only 2 fast food burger places.....I'm not going to mind if something happens and you have to shut down.....more business for me.....I would be hoping that you got shut down somehow....doesn't make me a bad person, just business.....I don't wish any player to get hurt in the real world, but doesn't mean I can't be happy about it in the context of fantasy football.....and doesn't make me a d-bag...I think you can sepearte the two....and anybody in here who has had a small lead and sees a player from the other team go out with an injury and says that they weren't happy about it at some level, is lying....

Why are you treating fantasy and real life football as if they are two separate entities? This isn't Madden. When someone gets hurt in our little fantasy world, it just so happens they get hurt in real life too. I don't care if, in the context of the DMC thread, someone's response to the injury was "Thank god I handcuffed Goodman." I care when there are responses like..

Just saw from adam Schefter it's a high ankle sprain for dmc out 4+ weeks. Woooohioooooooo!!!

Yep. I don't want McFadden to be dead or anything. Maybe just short of dead though.

Awesome news! Now Goodson has all the value.... no more watching DMC go for 2 yards and a cloud of awful. Hooray!

If you don't consider the above posts blatant ##### baggery, odds are you're ##### bag yourself. Sorry.

 

[Shutout]

This thread is actually goin to help us find out who the true ##### bags really are around the pool, I approve.

dont need this thread to get the answer to that one

 

[Da Guru]

Be it hapy or sad it does not matter what we think because it is totally out of our control. Be happy when a good player goes down to weaken a team..be sad when your best player goes down to weaken your team.

Before FF nobody cheered injuries..I have been in SportsBars now that cheer when guys go down if they are playing against them Hate the game not the player.

 

[rickyg]

i love how this thread was created in direct response to my post in the dmc thread.

it was...but not sure why you have a problem with it or "love it"...it generated some discussion....was just wondering the thoughts of others.....in the McFadden thread.... SSD called Goodson owners d-bags for being glad that McFadden was out....(prior to us really knowing about Goodson's injury, although it doesn't really matter and thats not the point)...in the real world we don't want anybody to get hurt....but in our fantasy world and if you are a Goodson owner, of course you want to see DMC out of action.....that doesn't make you a bad person or a d-bag....it is the whole reason why you had Goodson, so to say you don't hope DMC goes down would be silly....fantasy football is like a business in many ways.....if you and I are in the same town and we own the only 2 fast food burger places.....I'm not going to mind if something happens and you have to shut down.....more business for me.....I would be hoping that you got shut down somehow....doesn't make me a bad person, just business.....I don't wish any player to get hurt in the real world, but doesn't mean I can't be happy about it in the context of fantasy football.....and doesn't make me a d-bag...I think you can sepearte the two....and anybody in here who has had a small lead and sees a player from the other team go out with an injury and says that they weren't happy about it at some level, is lying....

Why are you treating fantasy and real life football as if they are two separate entities? This isn't Madden. When someone gets hurt in our little fantasy world, it just so happens they get hurt in real life too. I don't care if, in the context of the DMC thread, someone's response to the injury was "Thank god I handcuffed Goodman." I care when there are responses like..

Just saw from adam Schefter it's a high ankle sprain for dmc out 4+ weeks. Woooohioooooooo!!!

Yep. I don't want McFadden to be dead or anything. Maybe just short of dead though.

Awesome news! Now Goodson has all the value.... no more watching DMC go for 2 yards and a cloud of awful. Hooray!

If you don't consider the above posts blatant ##### baggery, odds are you're ##### bag yourself. Sorry.

Waaaaaaaaaaaahhh!! That's all I hear is crying coming outta you. I was happy not because McFadden is hurt but because now I don't have to agonize (hopefully ) by watching him out up duds in my lineup each week and hopefully I can put a rb that actually puts up points in his spot. I am not happy that McFadden is hurt. I wish no ill will o him or any other player. You my friend are the major douchebaggggg, not I. You don't even know me and you're calling me names on a fantasy football msg board. Piss off, bisnatch

 

[Stinkin Ref]

in the real world....nobody wants to see players get hurt....

in the fake world of fantasy football....the players are just pawns to be played with....we have zero human attachment/relationship to any of them....they mean nothing to you other then what they can do for you....it's all business....so in that respect if one of them is standing in the way of helping you win and then suddenly he is no longer standing in the way of you winning.... that is good for you....you should be glad...

in football, players only really miss time due to being injured except for the suspensions or occasional family emergency, etc....they don't miss time cause they have to house sit for the neighbors....so when you draft Goodson in FANTASY, you are not doing so and then saying "boy I reallly hope DMC gets suspended or has to house sit for the neighbors for 6 weeks in a row" ...you are thinking this could turn out really well if DMC gets hurt...so you almost really need him to get hurt for your move of drafting Goodson to pay off....so you should be hoping DMC gets hurt....

when a player you own goes down in week 2 and is out for the year, he is probably off your roster before he gets out of the hospital.....does that make you a d-bag too cause you dropped him right away.....?

it's all business and nobody wants to maybe say it, but we all do it....when money is on the line...if it's down to you and one other person in the last week of the subscriber's contest....and your QB1 is Flacco and the other guy has Brees...sure it would be nice if Brees just played bad and laid an egg.....but you also would probably be pretty excited to see him pull a hammy on the first series and miss the rest of the game...hmmmmm

 

[ImTheScientist]

I have seen plenty of dudes cheer when guys get KTFO.

Like Sean Lee?

I cheered non stop for that....then imortalized it in my sig.

 

[ImTheScientist]

i love how this thread was created in direct response to my post in the dmc thread.

it was...but not sure why you have a problem with it or "love it"...it generated some discussion....was just wondering the thoughts of others.....in the McFadden thread.... SSD called Goodson owners d-bags for being glad that McFadden was out....(prior to us really knowing about Goodson's injury, although it doesn't really matter and thats not the point)...in the real world we don't want anybody to get hurt....but in our fantasy world and if you are a Goodson owner, of course you want to see DMC out of action.....that doesn't make you a bad person or a d-bag....it is the whole reason why you had Goodson, so to say you don't hope DMC goes down would be silly....fantasy football is like a business in many ways.....if you and I are in the same town and we own the only 2 fast food burger places.....I'm not going to mind if something happens and you have to shut down.....more business for me.....I would be hoping that you got shut down somehow....doesn't make me a bad person, just business.....I don't wish any player to get hurt in the real world, but doesn't mean I can't be happy about it in the context of fantasy football.....and doesn't make me a d-bag...I think you can sepearte the two....and anybody in here who has had a small lead and sees a player from the other team go out with an injury and says that they weren't happy about it at some level, is lying....

Why are you treating fantasy and real life football as if they are two separate entities? This isn't Madden. When someone gets hurt in our little fantasy world, it just so happens they get hurt in real life too. I don't care if, in the context of the DMC thread, someone's response to the injury was "Thank god I handcuffed Goodman." I care when there are responses like..

Just saw from adam Schefter it's a high ankle sprain for dmc out 4+ weeks. Woooohioooooooo!!!

Yep. I don't want McFadden to be dead or anything. Maybe just short of dead though.

Awesome news! Now Goodson has all the value.... no more watching DMC go for 2 yards and a cloud of awful. Hooray!

If you don't consider the above posts blatant ##### baggery, odds are you're ##### bag yourself. Sorry.

U mad bro? Why do you care so much about what other people say or think? Especially on an Internet forum...that's just strange.

 

[ImTheScientist]

Fwiw I hate Vick.....when he gets injured I cheer. Anyone who abuses animals deserves to get harmed.

 

[SameSongNDance]

i love how this thread was created in direct response to my post in the dmc thread.

it was...but not sure why you have a problem with it or "love it"...it generated some discussion....was just wondering the thoughts of others.....in the McFadden thread.... SSD called Goodson owners d-bags for being glad that McFadden was out....(prior to us really knowing about Goodson's injury, although it doesn't really matter and thats not the point)...

in the real world we don't want anybody to get hurt....but in our fantasy world and if you are a Goodson owner, of course you want to see DMC out of action.....that doesn't make you a bad person or a d-bag....it is the whole reason why you had Goodson, so to say you don't hope DMC goes down would be silly....

fantasy football is like a business in many ways.....

if you and I are in the same town and we own the only 2 fast food burger places.....I'm not going to mind if something happens and you have to shut down.....more business for me.....I would be hoping that you got shut down somehow....doesn't make me a bad person, just business.....

I don't wish any player to get hurt in the real world, but doesn't mean I can't be happy about it in the context of fantasy football.....and doesn't make me a d-bag...I think you can sepearte the two....and anybody in here who has had a small lead and sees a player from the other team go out with an injury and says that they weren't happy about it at some level, is lying....

Why are you treating fantasy and real life football as if they are two separate entities? This isn't Madden. When someone gets hurt in our little fantasy world, it just so happens they get hurt in real life too. I don't care if, in the context of the DMC thread, someone's response to the injury was "Thank god I handcuffed Goodman." I care when there are responses like..

Just saw from adam Schefter it's a high ankle sprain for dmc out 4+ weeks. Woooohioooooooo!!!

Yep. I don't want McFadden to be dead or anything. Maybe just short of dead though.

Awesome news! Now Goodson has all the value.... no more watching DMC go for 2 yards and a cloud of awful. Hooray!

If you don't consider the above posts blatant ##### baggery, odds are you're ##### bag yourself. Sorry.

U mad bro? Why do you care so much about what other people say or think? Especially on an Internet forum...that's just strange.

 

[bonesman]

Be it hapy or sad it does not matter what we think because it is totally out of our control. Be happy when a good player goes down to weaken a team..be sad when your best player goes down to weaken your team.



Before FF nobody cheered injuries..I have been in SportsBars now that cheer when guys go down if they are playing against them Hate the game not the player.

BullspitBest player goes down on the opponent of your favorite team and you're fist pumping and high fiving.

 

[TexMex]

It depends really. Theres nothing wrong with being relieved if your opponents top fantasy player is out for the game. If they are out for an extended period of time and you are publicly celebrating though, whether it be on this forum or in a bar, of course you're a d-bag lol.

 

[T J]

If I have the backup, I want him to be the starter instead. An injury just so happens to be the most likely way for that to happen. Could just as easily be a suspension, he dropped out to smoke weed, just got outplayed, whatever. Doesn't matter to me. If my guy is behind a starter, I want the starter out of way. So if it takes an injury for that to happen, I'm certainly not going go shed any tears.

 

[daveR]

It's okay... unless you're more than 12 years old.

 

[ImTheScientist]

If I have the backup, I want him to be the starter instead. An injury just so happens to be the most likely way for that to happen. Could just as easily be a suspension, he dropped out to smoke weed, just got outplayed, whatever. Doesn't matter to me. If my guy is behind a starter, I want the starter out of way. So if it takes an injury for that to happen, I'm certainly not going go shed any tears.

I saw on dateline NBC a hitman only costs $5,000 on Craigslist

 

[GregR]

Which is worse...

Hoping that a RB gets an ankle sprain that knocks him out of the game and hurts for a few days but leaves no lasting harm to him.

-or-

Hoping that a backup QB-turned-starter throws 5 interceptions but finishes the game without injury... even if doing so might mean he'll get cut at the end of the year and he and his family will lose out on the financial security that would have resulted if he'd played competently enough to get a second contract?

 

[mad sweeney]

I love watching Vick get pounded. I do hope he gets hurt for his reprehensible actions. Same with Leibard Little and other wife beaters and violent criminals. Guys that I (sports) hate like TO or Hines Ward etc I don't wish for them to get hurt. I can make a distinction between sports hate and real hate. But Vick? Eff him, he deserves every broken rib he gets.