glimmerman
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He did all this to himself. He is idiot. Just say your not interested in being in the HOF. They aren’t gonna beg you. Go give your speech and get your jacket. Change your mind now.
The TV in the restaurant I ate lunch at had something on the screen about TO not getting presented individually at the HOF ceremony. The volume wasn't up so I couldn't hear the discussion, but I assume the HOF decided that if TO refuses to come to the ceremony in person, they won't have a segment of the ceremony dedicated to him the way there is with other inductees. I'm guessing they will announce him simply as an inductee, but with no time allotted to talk about his career.
" considering one's source dictates the utilization of the mute button",,,,
But they don't hear you though.
You mean sports writers voted him in after they gave their jab last year? And Charles Haley accepting it with "class and dignity" doesn't change the fact that TO has a legitimate reason to be upset.
And let's talk about Haley, Haley is a great player, he's not top 3 at his position like TO. There is a gap between the two.
With the years sportwriters WANTED TO to be a villain, I'm not sure I'm about to praise them for this. They treated McNabb like he was a saint when the feud was happening, go ask many Eagles fans how they felt about McNabb when things didn't go his way? He became just as much of a headache as TO near the end of his career in Philly. It's kinda like McNabb was a diva himself poking TO, it's just the media didn't brand him the villain.
But that's the point, sports writers have voted in some terrible human beings in the past. It talks about priorities and pettiness when they deny a players rightful place as a first ballot over feuds over a decade ago.
I heard they weren't even going to mention him at all. Not voting him 1st ballot was petty. His deciding not to go is returning petty for their petty. Now the HOF folks up their petty ante by not mentioning a player who will be in Canton as one of the greatest receivers ever. The HOF folks sure are showing their flexibility in being able to stoop to another's level.
We can argue the subjective minutiae of who does or doesn’t deserve first-ballot induction, or who got dissed, or who is being petty, etc, until hell freezes over...so here’s the bottom-line:
By choosing on his own accord to be the first-ever inductee in NFL history to decline to participate in the HOF induction ceremony, TO unlocked a door. Now he must accept what comes through that door.
Nothing you, I or anyone else says is gonna change that fact.
We can argue the subjective minutiae of who does or doesn’t deserve first-ballot induction, or who got dissed, or who is being petty, etc, until hell freezes over...so here’s the bottom-line:
By choosing on his own accord to be the first-ever inductee in NFL history to decline to participate in the HOF induction ceremony, TO unlocked a door. Now he must accept what comes through that door.
Nothing you, I or anyone else says is gonna change that fact.
It’s not...and I didn’t say it was.lol, why on earth would that be the bottom line on whether he should have gone in first ballot or not?
Yeah...he’ll have his ceremony...at whatever hick school (Chattanooga?) he attended, in front of whomever, and remembered by no one, lol!I don't think anything is coming through the door. Owens will have his ceremony and then life will go on haha
You mean losing like being on a future Madden cover? Oh wait, TO will be on the Madden 19 HOF edition. Yikes.Wait.
Why should they do anything for a guy who won't be there? I suspect they will announce his name when they announce the list of inductees and probably will have his bust on display, but why in the world would you expect them to do anything more than that?
The only loser in this whole thing is the guy who has shown himself to be woefully immature his entire professional life.
We are making this HOF thing bigger then what it is.
I don't really care who is in or who is not i am just happy TO sticking it to them.
Lol...what in the heck is TO losing by not going or giving a speech.
The TV in the restaurant I ate lunch at had something on the screen about TO not getting presented individually at the HOF ceremony. The volume wasn't up so I couldn't hear the discussion, but I assume the HOF decided that if TO refuses to come to the ceremony in person, they won't have a segment of the ceremony dedicated to him the way there is with other inductees. I'm guessing they will announce him simply as an inductee, but with no time allotted to talk about his career.
T.O. never stated they were obligated to do so, he's upset at the reasons WHY they don't consider him a first ballot. He's not forcing himself into the HOF, people voted him in - so, obviously, people want him there which is the reason he's getting in.
I don't care what YOU would do - it's not a single person voting him in and not one person would take him out. As I stated already, there's other players far deserving to be removed from the Hall if this is the route you wanna go down.