The turf at Tom Benson Stadium will be replaced for next year’s Hall of Fame game and instead of painting, all logo’s will be stitched into the surface. The paint melted, and there was concern players’ cleats would get stuck in the resulting mire.
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s website says that all refunds will be processed August 31.
Former Colts tight end Jacob Tamme posted on Twitter last night that Suisham’s plight and subsequent advocacy may have played a role in the decision to cancel the game, writing, “Shaun’s work and advocacy [were a] big part of this decision”.
This was not the first cancellation of an National Football League exhibition game – the Hall of Game contest was not played in 2011 because of the lockout – but it was the most high-profile preseason match to be called off. The contest was canceled about 30 minutes later.
“This was not the first cancellation of an National Football League exhibition game – the Hall of Game contest was not played in 2011 because of the lockout – but it was the most high-profile preseason match to be called off”. It was the Pro Football Hall of Fame keeping alive the façade, using its scoreboard to show a countdown to an 8 p.m. kickoff that would never happen, because there was money to be made. They got in a few extra practices last week and then didn’t have to expose their players to injury in an extra, fifth game that doesn’t count in the standings. They were looking at a sunny field expecting football to be played. Piles of rubber pellets remained near the middle of the field.
“We did the right thing in line with player safety”, McCarthy said. Pace hails from Sandusky, OH, so making it into the Hall was especially meaningful to him and his family, but also to St. Louis Rams fans, whose team moved back to Los Angeles this year. “I’m just sorry that my parents, Wilbur and Cleomae Dungy, aren’t alive to see this, because they’d be so proud”.
“It’s a very unsual situation”, Colts owner Jim Irsay said. What a pro to say, ‘If my heart is not in it, I want to make sure I’m not taking the opportunity from somebody else.’ I thought, what a classy guy.
The field was used for a Tim McGraw concert on Friday and for the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on Saturday night. Remember when football weather was anything but 72 degrees in a climate-controlled environment, and when rain poured down onto a dirt field, and bent facemasks covered broken-nosed, blue-collard men?
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The Hall of Fame Game is a much bigger black eye for the league, however, with the season expected to kick off in a swarm of fanfare on national television.
