NFL executive Troy Vincent is doubling down on his claim that the league had no intention of resuming play on Monday in Cincinnati after safety suffered a cardiac arrest during a game against the Bengals.At the time, ESPN play-by-play announcer repeatedly told television viewers that the league planned to resume play after a five-minute warmup period. Furthermore, San Francisco Chronicle reporter Mike Silver has reported that the NFL's 'first impulse' was to try to resume play until players and coaches refused and walked off the field.'I just want to be clear,' Vincent, the NFL's Executive Vice President of Football Operations and a former league player, said Wednesday during a conference call with reporters. 'Just that suggestion alone was inappropriate, it was insensitive and, frankly, it lacked both empathy and compassion for Damar's situation, who is still and was fighting for his life this day. It lacked complete, and it was just so insensitive to think that we were even thinking about returning to play.
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