Cowboys Pratice Facility Collapses

[Gee!]

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/cardinals/articles/2009/05/02/20090502dallascollapse-ON.html

 

[187]

As an ASU student, that sounds very familiar...at least it didn't get blown away in 500 different pieces!

edit:

I thought it collapsed over night when no one was in it, apparently only 4 people got injured and it didn't sound serious, so that's good.

 

[lauraw]

I'd be good if noone was injured for sure, but anything that costs the Cowpies money besides injury is ok in my book.

 

[Buckybird]

Cowboys training facility collapses

Bad weather here in N. Texas. 20 rookies were inside. That had to have been scary as heck. Live video as it happened.
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/cowboys_bubble_collapse_0502092457850

 

[Shane]

http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/f4/cowboys-pratice-facility-collapses-134106.html

 

[Yotesfan85044]

It wasn't a tornado or strong winds that caused the roof to collapse while the 27 rookie Cowboys worked out. It was a weak draft...

Rudy Carpenter must've been inside. Talk about deja vu. At least he wasn't inside ASU's practice facility when it's roof blew off.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

good.

I hate the Cowboys, but people were hurt man... and trust me I HATE the cowboys...

 

[moklerman]

The special teams coach broke his back. This isn't a joking matter.

 

[PoolBoy]

my b, skipped the first sentence, saw this
“This worked out very, very well from a medical point of view,” said Dr. Paul Pepe, head of emergency medical services for Dallas County. “Right now, I think we don't have anybody who is in a life-threatening situation.”

where does it say he broke his back though?

edit:

I thought it collapsed over night when no one was in it, apparently only 4 people got injured and it didn't sound serious, so that's good.

same here

 

[JS22]

good.

Pretty pathetic. People were injured.

 

[40yearfan]

The special teams coach broke his back. This isn't a joking matter.

I didn't read that in the article. The only thing they listed was a guy having to get stitches in his hand.

 

[Jetstream Green]

good to know no one lost their life in this freak event

 

[Jersey Girl]

Bad scene. Saw Jones pimpin the new Cowboys stadium prior to the Derby. Looks like a nice place. Sorry to hear about the practice facility. Hope everyone is okay.

 

[Jetstream Green]

but you know...it sure does sound like a bad omen for the Cowboys

 

[O]

Scary stuff.

 

[English on tour]

good.

never had you down as an ********?

 

[CardsFan88]

good to know no one lost their life in this freak event

At this point I wouldn't say it's a freak event. I wonder how long before the manufacturer is sued by say that special teams coach, or WHEN someone dies.

It seems to be these things are a deathtrap just waiting to happen. These things should be removed and NEVER used again.

I don't think the ASU one was the first time I had heard of one of these things collapsing, but maybe.

Still though, if you have TWO of these things collapsing or whatnot in relatively good weather cities such as Phoenix and Dallas (areas) then where the hell would you EVER put these domes?

Also any structure that cannot withstand 65-70mph wind isn't worth the price of a single piece of plywood, let alone the millions it probably cost to build the glorified plastic tent.

The idea itself on the whole seems like a cheap, 5-10 year product before needing replacing, which to me means, the person selling it would have to convince me it wasn't comparable to a pool air mattress that gives out every year or two. Meanwhile this is supposed to be a building? Talk about a glass house. Anybody want to put money into one of those? So why put money into one of these?

So this monsoon, or the next, when the ASU bubble goes out again, I'm guessing even the geniuses that decided to put a bubble up a second time won't put it up a third. Let's just hope they keep that bubble relatively empty in july and august when it will happen. This isn't freak, this is just a shotty product. One that WILL happen again and again as long as these things are used.

But maybe somebody has to die. That generally is what it takes before we put rules in place, or simply wake up and stop using the product. But the evidence is there right now, before someone dies. I guess that would make any future death a negligent homicide by either the manufacturer or the party that owns it. Sounds to me like something to be avoided, even if not for the sake of someone that WILL die because of this someday, but because of one's own personal freedom that would be endangered. Oh well, I guess now we watch it all unfold over the next few years, and know it needn't of been this way.

 

[moklerman]

I didn't read that in the article. The only thing they listed was a guy having to get stitches in his hand.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=afp-amfootnflcowboys&prov=afp&type=lgns

Cowboys' assistant coach injured in storm

IRVING, Texas (AFP) - Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis broke his back as a dozen people were injured when the roof of the National Football League team's practice facility collapsed in a storm.

DeCamillis wore a neck brace as he was stretchered out of the main office building on Saturday, and former coach Dan Reeves, DeCamillis' father-in-law, said the first-year Dallas coach had two broken vertebrae in his lower back.

"They say he's lucky not to be paralyzed," said Reeves, adding that DeCamillis was likely to have surgery.

The storm hit while 27 players were going through workouts at a rookie minicamp. There were about 70 people in the facility, including coaches, other team staff and media, officials said.

Ten of those hurt were taken by ambulance to hospital and two others went to the hospital on their own.

"Right now, I think we don't have anybody who is in a life-threatening situation," doctor Paul Pepe, head of emergency medical services for Dallas County, said.

The storm briefly knocked out electricity at the facility.
The collapsed roof is a canopy supported by air and metal framework that keeps the rain off of the training field.

"We're lucky no one got electrocuted with all the water in the building," head coach Wade Phillips said. "A couple of players had minor injuries, but they were all right."

...is the article that I read.

 

[PoolBoy]

never had you down as an ********?

read above. i heard initial reports that there were 20 rookies inside and noone was hurt. my b....again

 

[Ryanwb]

The assistant coach is paralyzed from the waist down....

sad

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4132947

 

[DemsMyBoys]

The assistant coach is paralyzed from the waist down....

sad

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4132947

Horrible, horrible news.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Firm that built the bubble faulted in 03 collapse:

http://www.wfaa.com/video/index.html?nvid=357867

 

[moklerman]

I think he's a scout, not a coach but it's certainly terrible news. A coach with a broken back and a scout with a severed spine and permanently paralyzed. It's just horrible.

 

[PoolBoy]

The assistant coach is paralyzed from the waist down....

sad

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4132947

very sad.

Loyalty, is that the same company that built the ASU one too? and why are these bubbles still being built in areas with this kind of weather, or at all? I dont understand.

 

[az jam]

Very, very. tragic.