Should OJ Simpson be on the new stadiums Wall of Fame?

[PrimeTime101]

This was Brought up on WGR a few times this last month. Thought I would do my own Poll. For me its a hard no. The dude was my hero growing up.. that being said.. yea.. uh no. 

[Ray Stonada]

No.

[Artful Dodger]

I voted yes. He was one of the greatest running backs in NFL history.  He's a big reason why I became a fan of the Bills as a kid in the 70's.  I rooted both for OJ and for Joe Ferguson.  I'll never forget the last game of Simpson's 2000-yard season against the Jets.  Everyone in the stadium and on both teams knew that the Bills were just going to keep feeding OJ to push him over the 2000-yard mark, and even so, the Jets couldn't stop him.  It was unbelievable.  

 

But I think the chances that he goes up on the Wall are negligible.  

[RobbRiddick]

If they do I think it’d be a good idea to soften the blow for those who disagree with the decision by calling him Nordberg instead 

[SoMAn]

No. 
Sadly, the name is more closely associated with a heinous murder and a farcical criminal trial than with gridirons greatness. 
 

He never set foot in the new stadium, and his achievements on the.field will forever be acknowledged in Canton, OH.  

Good enough.
 

More than 50 years later, no other running back has equaled the per-game numbers that Simpson put up in 1973. One of the greatest ever.  That’s the guy who donned a uniform 60 hours a year. 
 

The rest of the time he was a narcissistic egomaniac. Like many sociopaths he was incredibly charismatic and was able to use his charm to get anything he wanted. 
 

Almost. 
 

When he didn’t get his way, murder was a reasonable solution in his mind. 
 

When we see images of Josh (and others) spending personal time with sick kids at children’s hospitals, we see the man, not a ball player. I don’t have any memory of Simpson doing similar charitable work. 

Simpson’s name has no place on a marquis alongside other revered Bills players who exemplified greatness on and off the field.  
 

When we’re sharing our game day experiences with our children and grandchildren, we don’t need a reminder of a man who got away with murder. 
 

 

[Pete]

2 hours ago, RobbRiddick said:

If they do I think it’d be a good idea to soften the blow for those who disagree with the decision by calling him Nordberg instead 

Hey Nordberg, what the hell are you doing in Detroit?

[DJB]

Simpsons name up on the wall tarnishes the names of the others up there with him . 
 

Excellent football player but garbage human.

 

He doesn’t deserve the honour of being on the wall 

Edited May 31 by DJB

[CSBill]

No.

[Dan Darragh]

Of course he should be on the wall.  This is a no-brainer.

3 hours ago, RobbRiddick said:

If they do I think it’d be a good idea to soften the blow for those who disagree with the decision by calling him Nordberg instead 

THIS

[nuklz2594]

simpson doesn't belong on the wall beside Bob kalsu.

[Kirby Jackson]

This is a tricky one for me. OJ is one of the 3 greatest players in franchise history with Bruce and Josh. OJ was a horrible person. Both things are true. 
 

So what is the purpose of the WOF? Is it to recognize the best players in franchise history or people that represented the franchise the best? The Bills WOF is a bit of a mixed bag. You have some HOF players. You have a war hero. You have some of contributors that played a role in creating the Bills story. You then have a couple of random role players in Richter and Hansen that have no business up there. There is no real rhyme or reason to the people on the WOF.

 

With that in mind, I vote no. The criteria is way too random. If we are just throwing names of people that are associated with the Bills, it’s fine to exclude others. While OJ was one of the 3 best football players in team history, he should not be honored because of everything that came after. The wall doesn’t represent “the best players.” Many of them are up there but that’s not what it’s about. He’s in the HOF and that’s where the best players careers are recognized. With the fresh start of the new stadium we get a fresh chance to eliminate him from the wall.

Edited May 31 by Kirby Jackson

[JohnnyCash]

The better question is, if the Bills ever decide to build a team HoF by the stadium, will it include OJ?  He was a terrible human being for what he did to Ron & Nicole, but how do you have a building dedicated to the history of the Bills without him being part of the story?

 

The name on a wall is much different…who cares?  It is just a bunch of names of former Bills players. 

[T master]

For all the recognition he brought to the Bills for his athletic accomplishments while here his trial brought even more negative press around him being a Bill & I would think moving into the new stadium they would want to leave any bad vibes behind .

 

OJ will always go down in history as one of the greatest running backs of all time & will always be a Buffalo Bill but he will also have all the negativity that follows him so for that reason I'd say NO !! 

[BVBILLS]

I wish he admitted what he did before he died

[Don Otreply]

Two guys talking one hundred years In the future…, 

 

… there used to be this guy on the Buffalo Bills, he was good, turned out to be a murderer…. Stabbed his ex wife and her lover to death, I heard back then that some Bills fans still praised that guy and wanted his name celebrated at the new football stadium that’s was being built at the time, really? That’s pretty fuh ked up right, sure is,  Let’s go get a beer, that’s a good idea…, 

[13 Seconds to Mars]

This is one where I can come up with perfectly logical arguments for both sides. 

[The Firebaugh Kid]

That’s bad juju putting him on the wall. Let’s honor the honorable.

And put Fred Jackson on the wall instead.

[Danger Mouse]

lol

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

KC maybe wants him for their wall? 🤔

(Patriots get a conditional draft pick as part of the bargain...)

[Captain_Quint]

1 hour ago, BVBILLS said:

I wish he admitted what he did before he died

He did vow to find the real murderer. That has to count for something.