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Message: [QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 4512877, member: 2350"] That's just for the official announcement. Consider it was obvious after about 10, maybe 15 minutes the game wasn't going to continue, announcement or no. Judging by what we saw there likely wasn't a protocol in place for such an occurrence, so the game officials and the league office were both "flying by the seat of their pants." Yes, the five minute thing was not good. Hamlin was already in the best hands he could have been in from the injury forward. After they left the field, the players and coaches needed to be heard from, which had to be then relayed to the league office, and a decision made there. At that point it's all details and legalese - as in, "What liability do we have if we cancel, or if we don't?" It's my guess that prior to making an official announcement they also had to make sure all the i's were dotted and t's were crossed with the NFLPA [/QUOTE]