Last night’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers had one extremely scary moment.
Los Angeles Chargers Tight End Donald Parham suffered a non-contact injury in the first quarter that appeared to be a traumatic brain or spinal cord injury.
Here is a video of the injury, but be warned that it may be disturbing for some to watch.
Parham was then taken out of the stadium on a stretcher with his arms still shaking while stabilized in an extremely hard to watch moment for the players and fans alike.
The announcers on the call attempted to give updates about Parham for the rest of the game, but Joe Buck tried to give another explanation for the injury.
“The last thing we would ever do is speculate about an injury, especially that type,” Buck said. “When you see his arms shaking and his hands shaking on his way out, that’s the part that’s most unnerving. I will just add this: It is very cold, at least by Los Angeles standards, down on the field. Hopefully that was the issue more than anything else,” said Buck.
Not only was this “update” extremely incorrect and uneducated, it is equally as dangerous. Buck addressing what most people watching at home knew was a serious head/neck injury as “being cold” just doesn’t address how dangerous the sport of football can be as a whole.
Many media members took to social media to call out the longtime broadcaster for his update on Parham last night.
Parham was taken to the hospital where he is now in stable condition after the scary injury.