Obviously, I disagree.

There is no right to be entertained. All public events are subject to cancellation, a fact that is clearly stated on the tickets. It happens at music concerts all the time, to the extent that Live Nation offers event insurance for all its shows. Stub Hub does as well for concerts and sporting events. Live events are cancelled or postponed for power and equipment failures, for severe electrical storms, because the band frontman has a killer hangover. It happens.

As reasons go for cancelling an event, a participant's heart stopping on the field of play and inability to breathe without life support, strikes me as better than most.

Likewise I despise the lazy sportswriter and on air commentator analogies to warfare and gladiatorial combat. Sports are neither. There is a long time football writer for the New York Post, most famed for Richard Todd once shoving him into a locker, who's work I have refused to read for decades due to his insistence on such comparisons.

They are not warriors.

They are athletes.

I also absolutely reject the premise that once you reach a certain level of compensation, then all risk has been mitigated. That's some bullshit. It's bad enough that participants have to be aware their quality of life in their 50s and beyond is no doubt compromised. Death on the field shouldn't be part of the stakes. Is anyone holding a gun to their heads and forcing them to play? No, of course not. That doesn't mean they shouldn't expect a reasonable commitment to their safety.

You are also way off base on your comment about the financial status of Hamlin's teammates. NFL is a stars and scrubs league. The stars make millions. The average player makes far less and their careers don't last long enough to qualify for a pension.

The world didn't end because one of the most anticipated games of this season was not completed. Nor will it end if it is not replayed. If both teams are awarded a tie or a loss, or nothing at all, big fucking deal.