Comments on: Chicago paper claims HOF game has been canceled

By: ljl2

ljl2 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:16:29 +0000

@waccoforflacco

Apparently you’ve never been to one or actually seen one. The stands are anything but empty. While they may not be able to fit 60,000, it’s 22,000 seats have ALWAYS sold out. More than you can say for about a quarter of the teams in the NFL’s attendance last year. Maybe we should cancel all of the Chargers, Bengals, Lions, Bills, Raiders, and Bucs games since they were actually blacked out last year.

By: thefiesty1

thefiesty1 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:53:07 +0000

Canceling the game would kind of screw this year’s inductees into the HOF. The game usually is not very good by whoever is playing, so just play the game and honor the inductees. It doesn’t matter if they’ve had a few days to practice or not.

By: chatham10

chatham10 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:17:23 +0000

This is from the same writer who every year says the “Cubs look great and are ready to win”.

By: pigskin28

pigskin28 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:04:54 +0000

You All can pontificate ad nauseum regarding the value of preseason to you, fact remains that it is valuable to the owners, coaches and most players.

This one will be of particular interest to many on the business side of football since it will be a gauge to the effect of the lockout on fan interest.

By: dangonavyboy

dangonavyboy — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:23:55 +0000

i wish they would just not do pre-season..its almost as bad as some junior highschool football..i look at the pre-season like a 4 week pro-bowl game that gets worse every week..just drop pre-season and do a training camp in its place..i would rather have my team know its play book and coaches and get in shape so they are up to speed and no one gets hurt..plus i really dont want to watch teams just run 2 plays on offense and defense for the entire pre-season..

By: goforthanddie

goforthanddie — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:11:01 +0000

Cancel it, no loss whatsoever.

By: jsyphilis

jsyphilis — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 06:37:48 +0000

Dewey Defeats Truman.

By: wallyhorse

wallyhorse — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:25:18 +0000

Perhaps they shift the HOF game to Wednesday (8/10) to give the Bears and Rams three extra days to prepare for that game (so NBC keeps that game) with the pre-season games involving the Bears and Rams scheduled for Saturday 8/13 pushed back to Sunday 8/14 or Monday 8/15 (Bears don’t play their third pre-season game until Monday 8/22 anyway). I would think NBC would insist on the game being played even if it were a few days later.

By: rwilson742

rwilson742 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:17:00 +0000

So, with the limited prep time for this game will there be any compensation? I get that its just a scrimmage, but it is broadcast at a national level.

By: waccoforflacco

waccoforflacco — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:15:51 +0000

No Hall of Fame Game….nobody gives a rats a$$ about this game anyway. Ever check out the stands…NOBODY’S THERE.

And who cares which Bear or Ram rookies stink or look good. Any sponsors of this game need a good psychiatric evaluation.

By: sprest83

sprest83 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:13:36 +0000

Who cares? Cancel the entire preseason, they are a joke and a complete waste of time. As long as the regular season is good, i could care less.

By: scoob766

scoob766 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:07:21 +0000

Who cares might as well have the browns play the broncos, two garbage teams playing. Let’s open the preseason with at least one respectAble team

By: thebiblestudent

thebiblestudent — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:49:01 +0000

Mike Mulligan has to do something since he no longer has his steam shovel. (type in Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel in Youtube and watch the fun).

By: drewhinote

drewhinote — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:35:51 +0000

I coach a middle school team. We have our first league game on August 18 and cannot start practice until August 1st. If we are expected to have a regular season game that counts against our record with 18 days of practice then the NFL can play a game that doesn’t count at all against them with 10-11 days of practice.

By: ljl2

ljl2 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:03:46 +0000

can the city of Canton sue the NFL for breach of contract with the money that the city will lose?

By: wamj2008

wamj2008 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:57:18 +0000

The Bears should probably consider cancelling any game that Jay Cutler might decide to play in.

By: Soulman45

Soulman45 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:37:23 +0000

They will play all the games you can bet on it.

By: mcp0401

mcp0401 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:32:54 +0000

I call BS

By: joesphkerr

joesphkerr — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:31:02 +0000

Yup…Lets screw the inductees and their fans. Great job *NFLPA and owners for ruining it for everyone making the trek to Canton.

By: doctorfootball

doctorfootball — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:23:44 +0000

If true, it sucks. The HOF game always marks the beginning of the football season for me.

By: rockymtnphinfan

rockymtnphinfan — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:18:49 +0000

With a name like Mulligan, maybe we can give the guy a do-over right? The show must go on!!

By: trbowman

trbowman — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:17:24 +0000

Nobody else has reported it.

The league should give us some clarification, though. Let the fans know if it has been cancelled, we deserve to know.

By: sc5000

sc5000 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:15:04 +0000

The players have all been raving about how much they don’t like OTA’s and they think they have too many activities in the offseason, so I don’t want to hear anything about how they aren’t in “football shape”. The way the players have been talking they are all ready to go. We shall see… And Mike Mulligan you are full of it… Only reason that things have been moving closer to a deal and both sides actually started negotiating in good faith is because both sides were about to loose out on the one thing they care about, MONEY!!

By: t16rich

t16rich — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:09:14 +0000

Someone tell Lovie.

By: sonic5abi

sonic5abi — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:09:04 +0000

Its PRESEASON!!!! *Sheesh*

By: gimmeabruschi

gimmeabruschi — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:08:26 +0000

If the players had been willing to just take their mouthful of Castor oil like a man instead of acting tough, as if they had some real leverage in this, we could have been done with it weeks ago.

After all, the owners took their Castor oil like a man in the last CBA without all this drama.

By: goawayeverybody

goawayeverybody — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:07:35 +0000

Oh noes! It means the entire season has been cancelled! Run for your lives!!!

By: pantherfan89

pantherfan89 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:57:02 +0000

Somebody is gonna have to answer for that “leak”. Bet $ it was DeMoron or Kessler…

By: trbowman

trbowman — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:56:16 +0000

I’m not buying this.