Is now the time to remove OJ Simpson from the wall of fame and HOF?

[EasternOHBillsFan]

54 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

Only player who comes close in the consideration is Bruce Smith, but OJ beats him out IMO.

 

Can't change history.

 

 

 

 

 

SO WHAT if he was the greatest Bills player in our history? He's a murdering scumbag. You can't change THAT either no matter how much football history you use to sugarcoat it.

 

To add, the fact that 77% of you voted NO to take him off the wall is a reflection of how badly our country's citizenry is at this point.

 

If you're willing to accept a multiple murderer on the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame, then you will accept just about anything else in the name of a banner, and that's incredibly sad and pathetic. Rah Rah indeed.

Edited December 15, 2021 by EasternOHBillsFan

[SinceThe70s]

55 minutes ago, JoPoy88 said:

Digging through the thread graveyard around here recently huh? This barely qualifies as news

 

Someone noted that OJ became a completely free man today and took the time to see if there was a relevant thread to add the observation to instead of starting a new thread. If you're not interested why drop in? Ironically, you were one of the most recent contributors to the original thread before it died out and got bumped today.

 

As an out-of-market fan whose allegiance to the Bills is tied heavily (but not exclusively) to OJ, the Wall of Fame conversation is a good one. I don't think they will ever invite OJ back to celebrate his Bills career in person (or absentia)  so it makes no sense to me that he's on the wall. But I'm fine with waiting for a new stadium before taking him off the wall.

Edited December 15, 2021 by SinceThe70s

[Southern_Bills]

Doing it now proves what? He had the murder situation, he was acquitted regardless of public opinion. 

 

Did time for armed robbery/false imprisonment. (Actual charges he was convicted of may be worded differently)

 

During all that and writing books on "if he killed nicole" this is the way he would have done it. Yet he was never removed, now they would remove him years later?

 

Makes no sense to me, if everyone was so upset they should have acted when things actually happened. 

[LABILLBACKER]

I guess if the Trojans don't care, Buffalo doesn't either. His jersey will probably be hanging in hell too.

[Richard Noggin]

Of course OJ Simpson was a Buffalo Bill. Fudging of course.

[Jay_Fixit]

On 6/9/2020 at 5:16 AM, Beast said:

As we are trying to reach racial harmony, and statues, tweets, comments, you name it, are under the microscope....should OJ be taken down from the wall?

 

Should his bust be taken out of the HOF?

 

Discuss.

Sorry brother. Nope.

[Warcodered]

2 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

Monuments are not how you tell history, they are how you honor people, events, etc.  The easy answer is to leave his name up on this stadium, but omit it from the new one.  

I mean it is what they'll likely do it's the least kicking the hornets nest thing they could do.

[Richard Noggin]

2 minutes ago, Jay_Fixit said:

Sorry brother. Nope.

But why not? I'd merely ask for expansion on your perspective. 

 

I tend to think someone like him should not be propped up and explicitly celebrated by the organization, given his documented violence towards women and others (even setting aside the "not guilty" nonsense). But I don't immediately hate people who disagree with me. 

 

Unless they just provide a one-word answer!

[JoPoy88]

5 hours ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

Someone noted that OJ became a completely free man today and took the time to see if there was a relevant thread to add the observation to instead of starting a new thread. If you're not interested why drop in? Ironically, you were one of the most recent contributors to the original thread before it died out and got bumped today.

 

As an out-of-market fan whose allegiance to the Bills is tied heavily (but not exclusively) to OJ, the Wall of Fame conversation is a good one. I don't think they will ever invite OJ back to celebrate his Bills career in person (or absentia)  so it makes no sense to me that he's on the wall. But I'm fine with waiting for a new stadium before taking him off the wall.

Okay. As an in-market fan, no one cares about any of this ****. This thread should have stayed dead. YAY OJ was released from parole. No one really cares.

[KeLLy1278]

The Juice is obviously a very controversial individual. Whichever way you side with is your business.  
 

Should OJ Simpson not be in the Hall of Fame or not be on the Bills Wall??  Obviously he SHOULD BE.  I wasn’t there to see him live but I’ve heard stories, seen highlights and read some of his stats.  4.7 yards a carry for his career.. he also did pretty well as a receiver if my memory serves..  

OJ stays.  Top five RB to ever play.

Edited December 15, 2021 by KeLLy1278

[Mr. K]

He is allowed to use social media.....

[gordong]

***** no

[george c]

Yes, he is a national embarrassment, and to have him recognized in Buffalo is simply inexcusable.

[Gugny]

7 hours ago, Warcodered said:

I mean it is what they'll likely do it's the least kicking the hornets nest thing they could do.

 

I think it's weak.

 

Since the Pegulas bought the Bills, one of the primary notes they've struck is "giving women opportunities," including Kim Pegula taking the reigns.

 

How hypocritical of them to continue to celebrate a notorious woman abuser, whose abusive ways culminated in the horrific murder of his children's mother and her friend?

 

It's tone deaf and it's just plain wrong.

 

Let the HOF do whatever the ***** it wants.  They have their own rules and criteria.  The Pegulas have the power and authority to take that murderer's name off of the wall at any moment.  The fact that they haven't, yet, is nothing short of pathetic.

 

[Greg S]

What OJ did in his personal life is inexcusable but he along with Bruce Smith are the two greatest Bills players ever. That is also a fact. If the Pegula's choose to keep his name on the wall then that is their decision. Doesn't affect my life at all. If they choose to put him on the Bills new wall of fame in the new stadium I won't care one way or the other either. 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

This poll result pretty much matches what I expected 

[badassgixxer05]

Cancel culture will say yes. Football fans will say he was the best Bill to ever run the ball. Him being a ***** person doesn't change that fact. He should stay.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

His name should have been removed years ago well before cancel culture existed.  Probably 2nd greatest Bills player only to Bruce Smith. Keep the stats. Throw out the person. 

[Bobby Hooks]

No. The biggest point for me being he was not found guilty. 
 

If he was, okay let’s have the discussion. But you can’t just decide someone’s a bad person because you believe it to be true. 
 

It starts a very bad precedent, and one that surely wouldn’t stop at being accused of murder. 

[KeLLy1278]

36 minutes ago, Bobby Hooks said:

No. The biggest point for me being he was not found guilty. 
 

If he was, okay let’s have the discussion. But you can’t just decide someone’s a bad person because you believe it to be true. 
 

It starts a very bad precedent, and one that surely wouldn’t stop at being accused of murder. 

Agree.  Also, no one can argue what OJ accomplished on the field as a Buffalo Bill.  First ballot hall of famer.