It also said it is not responsible for tickets that were not purchased directly from the Hall of Fame. It left parts of the midfield logo and the endzones hardened into a concrete-like surface, while other parts became a sticky area that could catch cleats if players were to run across it. In last year’s Hall of Fame game between the Pittsburgh steelers and Minnesota Vikings, Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham tore his ACL during the exhibition game – he would go on to miss the entire 2015 season.
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According to Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star, the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts were informed at 6:40 p.m. that the game had been called off.
According to NFL Media’s Steve Wyche, the stadium’s artificial-turf field will be replaced for next year’s game, with all logos stitched into the surface.
After cancelling the Hall of Fame Game on Sunday due to unsafe field conditions, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced that it will refund game tickets. It’s about honoring players and coaches who make the game we all love possible. “I think that is why it happened”.
National Football League executive vice president Troy Vincent took the blame for the circumstances that led to the Hall of Fame Game between the Packers and Colts being canceled, according to ESPN. How can you say an “Unplanned” cancellation entitles someone to get their travel costs back?
Based on Thompson’s player safety concerns – he won’t let the Packers practice with another team during training camp because he’s so anxious about injuries – it wouldn’t be surprising if he told the National Football League he was not willing to put his players at risk.
He was referring to the attempt to protect the health of the players in a risky sport, which is exactly why the game was called off.
In a way, this is a blessing in disguise for the team; none of the veteran players nor the coaches were excited about having a fifth preseason game anyway. I think thats something thats probably got to be looked at going forward.. Aaron Rodgers wasn’t likely to play at all – and would have been in the game for one-to-two series at best. “In some respects a hard decision because of the impact it has”.
“We have been approached by no fewer than 20 individuals who traveled to the game to participate and be ready to enjoy the game”, he said.
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Attempts to break up the paint resulted in other issues, however, which eventually led to the cancellation of the game.
