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3 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

In terms of just football, I think Ray Lewis had a much bigger impact on the nfl and won 2 SBs.  TO Alamogordo single handedly destroyed 2 good football teams by himself.  

 

Which teams and how?

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7 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Which teams and how?

Wow, autocorrect is drunk early today! 

 

The 49ers (called out Garcia all the time and said he was gay) and the Eagles coming off a SB.  

 

I actually used TO to write a psych profile on him.  If you know about his childhood, he was super insecure.  Dude is a freak athlete but seems to have never been to escape that insecurity.  My god, he still wants to play in the nfl.  He’s like a Kardashian.

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38 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

 

It’s just ironic you talk about leadership and TO in the same sentence. 

 

Yes I get the irony and don’t disagree. But I can’t use Owens’ childish behavior at times to justify the HOF’s vindictiveness and unprofessional behavior.

 

TO was just a player. A transcendent wideout and one of the best on the field ever, but still just a player. The voters and HOF officials are supposed to be stewards of the game and its history as a whole. I don’t think it is out of line to hold them to a higher standard. 

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1 hour ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

 

Hall of Fame won't mention Terrell Owens at induction ceremony

 
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There will not be any mention of Terrell Owens during the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony in August.

 

In fact, the Hall of Fame is excluding Owens from the event entirely, according to executive director Joe Horrigan.

 

“The focus is on the guys who are here," Horrigan told Talk of Fame Network. "There’s no reason to bring him up as an individual. He’s not here.”

Owens will have to wait a little longer to get his gold jacket as well. Players typically receive their gold jackets at Friday's Gold Jacket dinner that will happen Aug. 3, but the Hall of Fame will instead mail Owens' gold jacket to him the following day.

I love the hypocrisy of the last line... This is the Hall of Fame, where you are enshrined (INDIVIDUALLY) for your (INDIVIDUAL) efforts. Although you have the (INDIVIDUAL) choice to choose which team represents you, the honor is of individual recognition... 

 

Not one of these guys played for the Canton Gold Jackets...

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3 hours ago, Doc said:

 

Does anyone really GAF about the HOF much less the induction ceremony?

 

re-visited a few years ago, it lost about 99% of the enjoyment I had visiting it 30 years prior

 

told them I was a Bills fan, the woman at the entrance searched awhile and then was able to click on Buffalo.

 

 

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Th HOF should take a higher road. Announce TO. Show highlights or whatever. Treat him as if he was there, then move quickly past the inductee speech part and on to next man up. To not even mention his name puts the HOF on the same pettiness level as TO.

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12 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

Wow, autocorrect is drunk early today! 

 

The 49ers (called out Garcia all the time and said he was gay) and the Eagles coming off a SB.  

 

I actually used TO to write a psych profile on him.  If you know about his childhood, he was super insecure.  Dude is a freak athlete but seems to have never been to escape that insecurity.  My god, he still wants to play in the nfl.  He’s like a Kardashian.

 

The eagles couldn't make a Superbowl without him.

 

What planet are you on? The guy was playing on a broken leg while a healthy McNabb was literally throwing up on himself.

 

I don't mind what TO is doing at all. Some people just hate him and they'll never change, why waste the time. People praise kids for doing what they want instead of attending the draft, a personal accomplishment. 

 

Yet people are going to insult TO for doing what he wants to do during his personal accomplishment? Some people are so hypocritical and antiquated. He had his character assassinated by these people who vote on this, !@#$ doing what they think he should.

 

The comments about his insecurities, you're certainly not someone I want judging people. You're writing psych profiles for what? If you know his childhood you conveniently left out the story about how he met his dad. You'd be awful at that line of work.

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Many greats didn't make it in on the 1st ballot.  Who cares!  Go celebrate with the rest of the 2018 class. 

Terrell Owens Explains Why He's Skipping Hall Of Fame Ceremony (2:04)

 

Terrell Owens says if he was voted into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, he would have had his ceremony in Canton with the rest of the class ... but since he wasn't, he won't.
 
Simple as that.
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13 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

Many greats didn't make it in on the 1st ballot.  Who cares!  Go celebrate with the rest of the 2018 class. 

Terrell Owens Explains Why He's Skipping Hall Of Fame Ceremony (2:04)

 

Terrell Owens says if he was voted into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, he would have had his ceremony in Canton with the rest of the class ... but since he wasn't, he won't.
 
Simple as that.

 

Not only many, but most.

 

He's being a !@#$ing idiot.

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8 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

Not only many, but most.

 

He's being a !@#$ing idiot.

 

 

...NOT to worry my friend...this is NOT contrived....it comes NATURAL and now he could be the CFL's headache........BUT....Trump put a tax on Sharpie exports to Canada so be may have to tone it down a bit....:thumbsup:

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21 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

Not only many, but most.

 

He's being a !@#$ing idiot.

 

He is being that.

 

A requirement to actually be enshrined should be having to show up and giving an appropriate acceptance speech.....unless that enshrinee is ill, dead, etc.

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Although I think it's a little childish that T.O is skipping the HOF ceremony, it was also childish for the voters (media) to prevent him from being a first ballot selection. Terrell Owens was one of the greatest WRs to ever play the game. His passion for the game at the wide receiver position was second to none, Steve Smith Sr. a close second. I, personally, would like to see a current Bill HOFer i.e. Thurman, Lofton, wear a #81 Bills jersey underneath their HOF jacket to honor TOs time in Buffalo and to show the voters that their decision to delay his induction into the Hall was wrong.

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2 minutes ago, the skycap said:

Although I think it's a little childish that T.O is skipping the HOF ceremony, it was also childish for the voters (media) to prevent him from being a first ballot selection. Terrell Owens was one of the greatest WRs to ever play the game. His passion for the game at the wide receiver position was second to none, Steve Smith Sr. a close second. I, personally, would like to see a current Bill HOFer i.e. Thurman, Lofton, wear a #81 Bills jersey underneath their HOF jacket to honor TOs time in Buffalo and to show the voters that their decision to delay his induction into the Hall was wrong.

 

....happens quite a bit and they're safe because votes are not disclosed.....if you're not a media darling, they will punish you to teach you a lesson....Thurmal was delayed.......think you can include Art Monk....and I'm sure there have been others.........why did they make a guy like Jerry Kramer wait so long?.........

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14 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

 

....happens quite a bit and they're safe because votes are not disclosed.....if you're not a media darling, they will punish you to teach you a lesson....Thurmal was delayed.......think you can include Art Monk....and I'm sure there have been others.........why did they make a guy like Jerry Kramer wait so long?.........

 

rebels who aren't true immortals and/or media buttkissers must wait their turn....

 

baseball is the same way as football

 

TO could be denied, Steve Carlton not a hope

 

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3 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

rebels who aren't true immortals and/or media buttkissers must wait their turn....

 

baseball is the same way as football

 

TO could be denied, Steve Carlton not a hope

 

 

...PERFECTLY stated.......force the urinalists out from under their desks and publish the votes......would be interesting to see who the "hanging chads" are.......

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9 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

 

...PERFECTLY stated.......force the urinalists out from under their desks and publish the votes......would be interesting to see who the "hanging chads" are.......

 

Alomar had to wait, Eddie Murray couldn't be denied

 

Jim Rice had to wait the full 15, Cepeda and Morris to the Vets committee, Goose apologized to the media and got in before 15.

 

football's a different game though, there is nothing more inspiring than speeches by the true men of integrity and their speeches to get into Canton, usually the o-lineman or DB that I just missed out on seeing in his prime

 

 

 

 

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12 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

Alomar had to wait, Eddie Murray couldn't be denied

 

Jim Rice had to wait the full 15, Cepeda and Morris to the Vets committee, Goose apologized to the media and got in before 15.

 

football's a different game though, there is nothing more inspiring than speeches by the true men of integrity and their speeches to get into Canton, usually the o-lineman or DB that I just missed out on seeing in his prime

 

 

 

 

 

...damn you're good.......Murray actually played for the Rochester Red Wings in the IL when they were the Orioles affiliate...........

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The Real Terrell Owens: Before The Hall

Terrell Owens and Randy Moss. These two prolific -- and polarizing -- wide receivers will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, along with fellow Class of 2018 members Ray Lewis, Brian Urlacher, Brian Dawkins, Jerry Kramer, Robert Brazile and Bobby Beathard. 

Owens and Moss were two of the most spectacular wideouts of their era -- or any era. Not only are they tied together through sheer dominance at the turn of the millennium, but they both displayed larger-than-life personalities and brash antics, on and off the gridiron.

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Vaughn McClure ESPN Staff Writer 

Hall of Fame WR Terrell Owens on skipping this weekend's ceremonies in Canton: ``I understand why I made my decision. I don't expect everyone to agree with me. But again, obviously the criteria and the system put in place for the Hall of Fame in order for guys like myself to be inducted, there are guidelines that the writers, the sportswriters, are supposed to adhere to. It's not, not being inducted the first or second ballot, but it's about the process in which guys are nominated and ultimately inducted. There's a flaw in that system. So this is not only about me, but it's about the guys that went before me, that's going to come after me. And I can make a stand for those guys so they won't have to go through this situation.'' Owens will hold his own ceremony at his former school, the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, at 3:17 p.m. Saturday.

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That doesn't make much sense. TO's actions do not help the process at all. On the other end, you have Ray Lewis literally preaching about "football heaven" and how life-changing the induction luncheon was....

 

This is all about TO having the entire spotlight to himself at his alma mater and they're probably paying him for making the appearance.

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9 hours ago, LeGOATski said:

That doesn't make much sense. TO's actions do not help the process at all. On the other end, you have Ray Lewis literally preaching about "football heaven" and how life-changing the induction luncheon was....

 

This is all about TO having the entire spotlight to himself at his alma mater and they're probably paying him for making the appearance.

I get what you're saying but not how.  Ray Lewis is just as much about the spotlight as TO ever was.  

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Bottom line .. when he looks back he will regret this decision ... there is no denying his play on the field .. but this move simply reinforces his negatives ... prima donna actions where  his me first mentality moved him from locker room to locker room throughout his career

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On 7/20/2018 at 7:28 AM, Binghamton Beast said:

 

He is being that.

 

A requirement to actually be enshrined should be having to show up and giving an appropriate acceptance speech.....unless that enshrinee is ill, dead, etc.

And make your new rule retroactive to punish TO ? ! 

Ok, Jerry (Jones) Trump.

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On 7/20/2018 at 4:28 AM, Binghamton Beast said:

 

He is being that.

 

A requirement to actually be enshrined should be having to show up and giving an appropriate acceptance speech.....unless that enshrinee is ill, dead, etc.

 

He would love that.

 

I can't think of a worse way to deal with a petulant child than by creating a rule specifically in response to him.  IMO the NFL is handling it just fine.  He'll be mentioned as part of the class but there will be no individual recognition.

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13 hours ago, LeGOATski said:

That doesn't make much sense. TO's actions do not help the process at all. On the other end, you have Ray Lewis literally preaching about "football heaven" and how life-changing the induction luncheon was....

 

This is all about TO having the entire spotlight to himself at his alma mater and they're probably paying him for making the appearance.

 

 

Too bad Lewis didn't attend a "life-changing luncheon" before he decided to shield a killer form the law and destroy evidence to thwart a murder investigation.

 

All in all, it's interesting to see the "outrage" people pretend to have over TO's decision not to show up at a tourist attraction that "enshrines"  POS's like Ray Lewis and OJ.

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3 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

Too bad Lewis didn't attend a "life-changing luncheon" before he decided to shield a killer form the law and destroy evidence to thwart a murder investigation.

 

All in all, it's interesting to see the "outrage" people pretend to have over TO's decision not to show up at a tourist attraction that "enshrines"  POS's like Ray Lewis and OJ.

Let’s not bring facts into this lynching now the sheep will get upset.

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