Thus the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers will play four only preseason games, like every other team.
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The Hall of Fame game between Green Bay and Indianapolis has been canceled because of poor field conditions. The cancellation stemmed from the paint that was used on the logos at midfield and in the end zone congealing, putting the players’ safety at risk. “It was just incredible to see thegreen and gold”. Everybody was there last night.
As the AP points out, Sunday’s game wasn’t the first National Football League exhibition game to be called off. Rubber pellets used in the turf came loose and were scattered in several spots and needed to be removed.
Hall of Fame executive director David Baker apologized to the throngs of football fans and stated that those in attendance would receive full refunds for their tickets. The paint melted, and there were concern that players’ cleats would get stuck in the resulting mire.
National Football League fields have come a long way from the days of lumpy artificial surfaces, but theres still a lot of room for improvement, the head of the players union said Tuesday. “But this is the only decision that could be made”. There will be a refund policy. Despite their best efforts (too little, too late), the grounds crew failed to make the field playable in time for the 8:00pm kickoff. But safety should come first in preparing the field in the first place. Workers tried to fix the situation, but to no avail. “If the field’s not suitable to play, then you don’t play”.
Issues with the field forced the game to be cancelled.
“Again, player safety is so important now”, president Mark Murphy said. While the league will refund attendees for the cost of their tickets, there is no guarantee that any travel costs will be reimbursed. The stadium underwent Phase One of an $80 million renovation this off-season and this turf was installed for the sole objective of hosting this game.
“I don’t think that’s going to shock anybody”, he said. It doesn’t happen in any other aspect of life, why would it happen here? But we’ll learn from it. “We’ll be checking it and see what happens”.
“A very, very hard decision for us today”, Baker told ESPN. Last season, Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham suffered a season-ending ACL tear during the Hall of Fame Game.
“The big problem is you have people trying to maximize revenues with these stadiums”, Winston said. Dungy became the first African-American head coach to win the big game in the Colts’ 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears. Those areas were hard, slick and uneven and considered potentially risky, according to team officials and Hall officials.
“As long as you don’t give up and you keep working, you’ll get another opportunity”, Griffin said. But the National Football League, to their credit, did the right thing. Rather than playing the scheduled game, players from both teams participated in a “fan-fest” and signed autographs for fans amongst various activities.
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The Hall of Fame inductees were on hand and Favre spent time joking around with Aaron Rodgers and McCarthy before the introductions.
