“But the players and coaches on the Bengals and Bills had seen enough and they refused to ‘play.’ While the league was still twiddling its thumbs, coaches were meeting, players were getting dressed, and, at their behest, the game would be postponed. This was a workplace action. Participants exercised their collective power and demanded that their trauma, their grief, their very humanity be recognized. The game would not go on.”
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nfl-damar-hamlin-buffalo-bills-cincinnati-bengals/