When is it too hot to play?

[Eelementary]

Imo, heat above 35 degrees warrants regular stops in play for the players to rehydrate.

This is a very physical sport, and I can't imagine how it would be to play in 40 degree heat.

But then again, my team has been embarrassed two consecutive weeks and the heat was a factor, so maybe that's why I have that opinion...

But I definitely think player welfare (and fans' welfare, for that matter) should be an important consideration.

 

[justdave]

Imo, heat above 35 degrees warrants regular stops in play for the players to rehydrate.
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This is a very physical sport, and I can't imagine how it would be to play in 40 degree heat.

But then again, my team has been embarrassed two consecutive weeks and the heat was a factor, so maybe that's why I have that opinion...

But I definitely think player welfare (and fans' welfare, for that matter) should be an important consideration.

To be fair, Manly provided that

 

[veggiepatch1959]

There is a system, it's called the heat policy and it's not reliant solely on whatever the weather site says the temperature is. There are a bunch of other factors around humidity, dew point etc that come into play and yesterday, despite appearance, obviously didn't exceed them enough.

As some Queenslander's have pointed out, the lack of humidity would've been key. The fact Brookie's also quite close to the sea probably helped too.

Due to the wind being out of the western quadrant, any moisture from the maritime air was non existent.

In those sorts of conditions, it doesn't matter if your 50 kilometres from the ocean or 50 metres.

At the start of yesterday's game, the temperature at Brookie was over 38 deg C. At the same time at Penrith it was 38.1 deg C.

You could have played the game at Manly Beach or Panthers Stadium - identical conditions.

 

[beave]

Due to the wind being out of the western quadrant, any moisture from the maritime air was non existent.

In those sorts of conditions, it doesn't matter if your 50 kilometres from the ocean or 50 metres.

At the start of yesterday's game, the temperature at Brookie was over 38 deg C. At the same time at Penrith it was 38.1 deg C.

You could have played the game at Manly Beach or Panthers Stadium - identical conditions.

 

[Miller was a legend]

To be fair, Manly provided that

Hahaha

 

[Timbo]

The other thing is, it's all very well and good to have this theoretical argument on Monday morning, but if enough games are played in conditions like this with no breaks eventually a player will go down with heatstroke. Why take the risk?

 

[GongPanther]

Due to the wind being out of the western quadrant, any moisture from the maritime air was non existent.

In those sorts of conditions, it doesn't matter if your 50 kilometres from the ocean or 50 metres.

At the start of yesterday's game, the temperature at Brookie was over 38 deg C. At the same time at Penrith it was 38.1 deg C.

You could have played the game at Manly Beach or Panthers Stadium - identical conditions.

The kick off at Penrith 5:30 pm,it was 35". The reason why there were no drinks breaks was because the relative humidity was a lowish 27%. So extra drink breaks were not needed.

 

[Life's Good]

Sorry. I'm not convinced by what has been stated. I think we need some professional advice.

 

[Iafeta]

Bordering on complete and utter negligence that there weren’t water breaks. Particularly after the Ottio death and the desperate situation poor Lloyd Perrett got into in the preseason. The NRL again makes rubbish decisions with very low weighting on the health and well being of the players.

 

[Iafeta]

Sorry. I'm not convinced by what has been stated. I think we need some professional advice. View attachment 18442

Comrad, let’s fly to Russia post haste.

 

[Life's Good]

Comrad, let’s fly to Russia post haste.

They could be delivering news on an apocalyptic cyclone and I wouldnt feel too bad about it.

 

[Mr Angry]

Never.

We play in snow, rain and heat.

Harden the f**k up.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

They shouldn't have played in that heat yesterday,Manly would have thrashed the Eels in cooler weather as well cos Parra are useless so not using that as an excuse it's just plain dumb to play in that heat.

 

[OldPanther]

Man up

Game's gone soft

They should be thankful they aren’t playing in SL! This was this weekends game at Wakefield. View attachment 18416

I'd rather that.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

People comparing this to players playing in the cold and saying they’re soft are off the mark. Cold is easy to deal with as a: the body generates heat as you exert effort, and b: it’s easy to chuck on some extra thermal layers to keep warm. Compare that to playing in the heat, optimum temperature for playing footy is probably around 15 degrees, and there’s really nothing you can do apart from rehydration to combat it as the temperature rises above that. Above 35 dehydration and heat stroke are very real risks.
There a reason football is traditionally a winter sport, even in it’s country of origin where the weather is much cooler.

 

[Perth Red]

Game's gone soft



I'd rather that.

Nah, give me sunblock and cold beer to cool down over hypothermia and hot coffee to defrost any day of the week!

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Nah, give me sunblock and cold beer to cool down over hypothermia and hot coffee to defrost any day of the week!

Maybe for spectators sitting on their arses, completely different story for players.

 

[PANTHERMIKE]

Read about dew point here:
http://media.bom.gov.au/social/blog...hered-its-not-the-humidity-its-the-dew-point/

I'll save this for bedtime to get the mrs all toey'd up...

 

[ACTPanthers]

I'll save this for bedtime to get the mrs all toey'd up...

Thanks for making me spit my coffee everywhere...

 

[justdave]

Nah, give me sunblock and cold beer to cool down over hypothermia and hot coffee to defrost any day of the week!

I dunno, that’s cricket liking talk. Give me cool with no sunblock, beer and coffee and the footy

Edit: throw in a pie