davefan66 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) 6 hours ago, Mango said: What a shame. So unfortunate he could never find the real killer. I heard they took all the mirrors out of his house. edit: interesting not a single mention on Buffalobills.com or the app. Edited April 11 by davefan66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv shitz Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 6 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: I have his autograph...does the value of that go up or down after his death? Does it have a bloody show print on it? 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Monkeyhead Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 7 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: I have his autograph...does the value of that go up or down after his death? I think my son has a rookie card.....wonder what value now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklabel Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Well...bye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverboat Ritchie Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 https://wellsvillesun.com/blog/2024/04/11/o-j-simpson-left-a-mixed-legacy-in-the-wrong-order/?fbclid=IwAR3irxkp2pDQ6wHjc1mCBaJp7roQfHGIwn7n2RROO-dC6AfdcixXHgDPRFI_aem_ATR3eZaR1Lwv1-myt82n0lDtNg6gUqbXoYF1FKhZOPdSippZ1tOr5wbtTRKdD9Xvs0U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) I may have shared this story before, but it seems appropriate to do here again now. I am the Director of Tourism for a major hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario. In the early 2000s, OJ stayed with us for a couple of weeks. It was in the timeframe after the “Trial of the Century,” but before the sports paraphernalia trial, that would eventually send him to prison. We had a lobby bar and OJ would come down every morning and hold court for a couple of hours. Now I have seen countless numbers of celebrities at the hotel in my 23 years of service. Almost all of them wear hats and sunglasses and keep moving to avoid unnecessary interaction with the public. OJ, on the other hand, would come down each morning and do what can only be described as preening. He would strut up and down the lobby to make sure that as many people as possible saw him. Then he would sit at a prominent table and converse with, and sign autographs for, anyone that dropped in. If people had nothing to sign, he would sign a cocktail napkin. I also found that he was polarizing with the guests of the hotel. Half were delighted to see him and half were disgusted that we would even allow him to stay there. Not sure what that says about him, but I can tell you that it is unique in all of the celebrities that I have encountered. Edited April 12 by ChevyVanMiller 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 "David Cook, who represents Ron’s father, Fred Goldman, said that the judgment in the case has now risen to $114 million due to interest. As of February 2021, Simpson had only paid around $133,000 of the settlement, according to KNTV, which cited a Nevada court filing." Fred Goldman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 5 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said: I may have shared this story before, but it seems appropriate to do here again now. I am the Director of Tourism for a major hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario. In the early 2000s, OJ stayed with us for a couple of weeks. It was in the timeframe after the “Trial of the Century,” but before the sports paraphernalia trial, that would eventually send him to prison. We had a lobby bar and OJ would come down every morning and hold court for a couple of hours. Now I have seen countless numbers of celebrities at the hotel in my 23 years of service. Almost all of them wear hats and sunglasses and keep moving to avoid unnecessary interaction with the public. OJ, on the other hand, would come down each morning and do what can only be described as preening. He would strut up and down the lobby to make sure that as many people as possible saw him. Then he would sit at a prominent table and converse with, and sign autographs for, anyone that dropped in. If people had nothing to sign, he would sign a cocktail napkin. I also found that he was polarizing with the guest of the hotel. Half were delighted to see him and half were disgusted that we would even allow him to stay there. Not sure what that says about him, but I can tell you that it is unique in all of the celebrities that I have encountered. Not to derail things, but it makes me think of Pete Rose. Incredible career. Gets disgraced, then wants to be loved again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, amprov56 said: I read these posts and not sure if I should laugh, get mad, or cry; man we got problems! But hey this America 2024! Nothing surprises me anymore 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Great. Now we'll never find the real killer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 8 hours ago, Mango said: What a shame. So unfortunate he could never find the real killer. Wherever the real killer is, I'm 100% sure he or she is dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrivefourfive Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 5 hours ago, teef said: is he still dead? Yeah and now we have to search for his killer. Great. More to do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poleshifter Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 9 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: I have his autograph...does the value of that go up or down after his death? Any blood stains on it? Provenance, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrivefourfive Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 3 hours ago, Warcodered said: I do still find it amusing that he made that book and because he'd lost the civil case he then lost control of the rights to it and they then changed the cover to this. I read that in one sitting at Barnes. Still did not answer that crime for me. I need to go back and read the counter arguments for his son, Jason, doing it. The insight FOR was really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Is his name going up on the wall at the new stadium? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonderful Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Time to queue up the CTE talk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrivefourfive Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 3 hours ago, sunshynman said: Well that was from Princess Bride quote. But “I’m feeling better, think I’ll go for a walk”! Don’t forget your chalk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Returntoglory Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, Augie said: Not to derail things, but it makes me think of Pete Rose. Incredible career. Gets disgraced, then wants to be loved again. No comparison. 99% of baseball fans love Pete a feel he should be in the HOF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 I highly recommend people give this Documentary a full watch and then come back and give your opinions on what a great guy OJ was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 OJ never truly acted like an innocent man in any way, besides empty words. He absolutely did it, and I think he spent the rest of his life trying to convince the world, and himself, that he didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, Doc Brown said: Great. Now we'll never find the real killer. Not finding the killer really Hertz. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BRH Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 I’m almost 55. OJ Simpson was the first sports name I ever knew. I became a Bills fan before I became a sports fan, because my dad watched football on Sundays and I wanted to be with him. Just watch number 32, he’d say. That’s OJ. I bet a lot of you around my age will say the same. I was a first-year law student at UB when the verdict was announced. It happened during our Criminal Law class, ironically enough. And I feel pretty safe in saying that the reaction was a lot more mixed there than it was in any other 1L crim law class in the country that day, only because a good many of us - it’s still a very local school - had grown up with him as our first sports hero. And though deep down we all knew he was guilty, we also desperately wanted that not to be true - but we wouldn’t admit that to anyone who wasn’t one of us. As the years have gone by, of course, I’ve only become more convinced of his guilt, and come to terms with it. So when I heard the news of his death, I felt…pretty much nothing. The OJ I idolized as a child died for me 30 years ago. 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tulsabillsfanz Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 I was a big OJ fan growing up. We moved out of Buffalo around the time he started playing for the Bills & he was the main reason any Buffalo games were shown nationwide, which was my only chance to watch Bills. Growing up a big sports fan, my childhood heroes (other than my dad) were athletes & many also turned out to be great people, like Lou Brock (St Louis Cardinals), the Selmon Brothers (Oklahoma football), etc., However, not all of my childhood heroes were worth idolizing and some are now not worth remembering….OJ tops that list for me. In the end, my only wish for OJ was for a deathbed confession, but that apparently didn’t happen, or his family will never share it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkKelso'sHelmet Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Does this mean it's acceptable to wear an OJ jersey again? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 18 minutes ago, MarkKelso'sHelmet said: Does this mean it's acceptable to wear an OJ jersey again? I have seen a #32 jersey in Orchard Park at a game. I have a friend who told me once she would have no problem "embracing" him if she were to ever meet him...I told her I would about face turn away. ZERO desire to talk, interact, meet Nothing. The thought is moot now. Court-TV has a retrospective of the case including graphic photos if anyone is interested. Lord have mercy. I didn't need to see that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sleeby Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Well, at least we still have Kato Kaelin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 4 hours ago, BillsPride12 said: I highly recommend people give this Documentary a full watch and then come back and give your opinions on what a great guy OJ was This was a good documentary. Very well done imo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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machine gun kelly Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 19 hours ago, Dablitzkrieg said: Rest in piss. At least he has eternity in Hell to look forward to I just opened this and hysterically laughed. He was a great player, and a horrible human being. Rot in hell. Burn in hades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillyG Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 10 hours ago, Fr. Jerk said: What? Johnny Cochran has been there for years. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweats Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Think of him what you will, but the legal system found him innocent. That's not to say the legal system is not broken, however, he was judged by a jury of his peers and was found not guilty......i, however, think he's guilty as hell, but i was not on the jury panel, i only heard what the media expressed for the trial and did not have to make the decision of innocent or guilty. Now, OJ may have been found innocent in the eyes of the law, but he was definitely found guilty in public opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Angel Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 waiting on the autopsy to confirm CTE and possible outcomes to the sport as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 O.J. Simpson’s legacy rang loudest where his death created silence (yahoo.com) Quote If you're the Buffalo Bills or San Francisco 49ers, the two teams Simpson played for during his NFL career, you say ... nothing. As of Thursday evening, neither team has released a single statement or posted anything on their website acknowledging Simpson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Tate Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 To paraphrase Bette Davis, “You should never say anything bad about the dead, only good. OJ Simpson is dead. Good. “ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruffalo Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 2 hours ago, Pirate Angel said: waiting on the autopsy to confirm CTE and possible outcomes to the sport as a result. Nothing will happen to the sport. We already have overwhelming evidence that CTE effects impulse control, mood, and behavior. Hell, we already have a confirmed killer (Aaron Hernandez) with CTE and it's changed very little. I love football, I have no regrets playing it, I don't want my kid playing it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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