HOF Game

[Carolina_Packer]

Rand was going I believe.

Also, just like baseballs' entire origin story, Cooperstown as the birthplace of baseball is probably baloney. But its a myth in service of a great place to have a HoF.

Yeah, PB, most people believe Alexander Cartwright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cartwright was the "father of baseball" and not Abner Doubleday, who is from Cooperstown, NY. Since he is from NYC, had he been originally declared the originator of modern baseball, the BBHOF would likely be in NYC.

[ThunderDan]

Yeah, PB, most people believe Alexander Cartwright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cartwright was the "father of baseball" and not Abner Doubleday, who is from Cooperstown, NY. Since he is from NYC, had he been originally declared the originator of modern baseball, the BBHOF would likely be in NYC.

Abner Doubleday also gets credited erroneously for firing the first shot in the Civil War in some histories. He was at Fort Sumter.

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i hope the nfl gets bent over a barrel on this one

sure a lot of the people were probably there for the inductions, but that was the day before. those people would have still had to get a room for an extra night. theres almost a hundred bucks wasted

the people in the stadium weren't even told the game was cancelled until an hour and a half after the rest of the world knew it was cancelled. pry 10-20 bucks per person spent on concessions during that time

not to mention they were pry charged for parking

not to mentioned missed work. if there was no game, people could have gotten home sunday, instead they drove home monday

all because of gross incompetence by the ground crew and NFL. this shot should have been done right, and way in advance

the NFL makes billions off of the fans, and treats us like walking dollar signs. time for them to show the fans some respect for once

hell goddell could pay for all that out of his pocket without even knowing it was gone

[esoxx]

^^^yup, time to pay up you incompetent boobs^^^

[KYPack]

How much were tix? Was there only one package for inauguration and game?

it was just high priced and pretty much bullshit.

I agree with CP, Cooperstown is so sweet. Reminds me of the Green Lake area in Wisco.

The PFHOF is pretty cool, but it is in Akron Canton.

I will probably go back one more time.

Goin' to the GB HOF in October.

That'll be fun.

[Harlan Huckleby]

i hope the nfl gets bent over a barrel on this one

The HOF is separate from the NFL. THe NFL did nothing wrong; they did the responsible thing.


The HOF is accountable. I just see it as a freak accident. The paint had some odd chemical interaction with the turf. Hard to see who in the chain acted badly, maybe somebody, but who?

[pbmax]

Pretty sure the NFL is staging the game, not the HOF.

[Guiness]

The HOF is separate from the NFL. THe NFL did nothing wrong; they did the responsible thing.


The HOF is accountable. I just see it as a freak accident. The paint had some odd chemical interaction with the turf. Hard to see who in the chain acted badly, maybe somebody, but who?

Didja read what happened, or just the title and not bother? The application of the paint, being surprised that is didn't dry and three stooges like attempts to fix the issue are on the level with green pool water in Rio. I will give them credit for not playing the game.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Didja read what happened, or just the title and not bother? The application of the paint, being surprised that is didn't dry

You didn't read the details yourself. It was the heat plus the interaction of the paint with the surface that caused the problem. It was not a simple, predictable case of applying the paint very late, although the contractors were a bit late. . Troy Vincent in the NFL took blame, but that was just "the buck stops here" accountability. The contractor had a problem with the paint that he couldn't anticipate.

[pbmax]

You didn't read the details yourself. It was the heat plus the interaction of the paint with the surface that caused the problem. It was not a simple, predictable case of applying the paint very late, although the contractors were a bit late. . Troy Vincent in the NFL took blame, but that was just "the buck stops here" accountability. The contractor had a problem with the paint that he couldn't anticipate.

Except that they used the wrong paint. I bet that was something they could have anticipated.

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so, a comedy of errors

[Harlan Huckleby]

Except that they used the wrong paint.

Your article says "improper paint may have been used." If so, then the contractor is clearly at fault. We'll see. I wouldn't blame the NFL, except that the buck stops with them.

[Harlan Huckleby]

so, a comedy of errors

That's what you and others have been saying without knowing any facts. It could be a single error by the contractor - poor choice of paint. That paint also might be commonly used for this purpose, but the heat and surface caused a problem.

[Teamcheez1]

I'm tired of discussing this meaningless preseason game.

Let's move on to the next meaningless preseason game against Cleveland.

[pbmax]

Your article says "improper paint may have been used." If so, then the contractor is clearly at fault. We'll see. I wouldn't blame the NFL, except that the buck stops with them.

Who do you think hired the painters? Do you really think the NFL has the HoF prep its field?

Do you think the Rose Bowl parade people prep the Rose Bowl when it hosts the Super Bowl?

The HoF stadium is used by a high school team outside of the annual HoF game.