Why It&#39;s OK For The Chiefs To Play A Game TodayS  On its
face, the idea of Romeo Crennel having to coach a football game
mere hours after witnessing his own player, Jovan Belcher,
commit suicide seems petty and dickish and greedy and lazy and
stupid. I know that was my first thought yesterday when the NFL
announced that the Panthers-Chiefs game would go on as
scheduled. I always count on Roger Goodell to do the wrong
thing, and I certainly don't expect him to show any kind of
fortitude when it comes to inconveniencing his corporate
sponsors. Goodell's NFL brakes for nobody.  Supposedly, the
decision to play today came after the NFL "discussed" the matter
with Crennel and the Chiefs. I don't know if I buy that (and
really, the family of Kasandra Perkins ought to have a say in
this, too). But the more I thought about it, the more I thought
that playing the game as scheduled wasn't the worst idea in the
world.  Football played (and watched) on emotional tenterhooks
isn't football at all, but maybe that's OK.