Comments on: Hall of Fame presenter laments Sapp’s recent off-field issues

By: bullcharger

bullcharger — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:38:47 +0000

So he has financial problems, might lose his job and might get sued. None of those things are criminal and none should refelct on his football career. Those are things that are unfortunate but can happen to good people. There are plenty of HOF bound players that are worse people.

By: beeronthefridge

beeronthefridge — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:24:03 +0000

Sapp belongs in the hall of SHAME!

By: madisonave99

madisonave99 — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:34:23 +0000

This shows exactly why media members should NOT be voting on Halls of Fame. It turns into a popularity contest instead of being based on how great a player someone was. Lynch, Sapp and Derrick Brooks all belong in the Hall

By: keeponhating

keeponhating — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:04:53 +0000

Sorry warren it isn’t off the field issues that will keep you out of the HOF the mere fact that you ever wore that silver and black jersey is what will keep you out. Just ask Cliff Branch, Kenny Stabler, Tom Flores, Jim Plunkett, or Ray Guy.

By: johntonioholmes

johntonioholmes — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:30:56 +0000

Warren Sapp had some good seasons. 3 or 4 to be exact.

If he makes it to the Hall, though, it’ll be proof that you could talk yourself into stardom.

He was tremendously overrated.

By: dempsey63

dempsey63 — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:44:29 +0000

Sapp’s bust shouldn’t be enshrined in Canton until Morganna’s bust is enshrined in Cooperstown.

By: kathyisintheroom

kathyisintheroom — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:37:24 +0000

My family has a huge plantation. Since Warren is bankrupt I’m sure he can use a helping hand. He can come work the fields for us and receive free room and board.

By: skippynj

skippynj — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:34:23 +0000

I can’t believe anyone would even consider Sapp for the HOF. He was overrated in college as well as in the pros, but I guess if you have a big mouth and scream loud enough, some gullible people are bound to listen. And I don’t care what you do or say off the field, I’m only concerned about what happened on the field when it comes to worthiness for the Hall. He was a good player but a HOFer? No way, never.

By: andyreiddoublecheeseburger

andyreiddoublecheeseburger — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:18:23 +0000

Steve McMichael and Keith Millard belong in the Hall of Fame before this guy- he was always the product of hype.

By: slickmarine

slickmarine — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:02:56 +0000

Great debate! I mean, Sapp WAS a monster between the lines, right? Clifton a cheap shot? Probably – nowadays. Nuthin’ but a good hit to Deacon Jones, tho’.

I don’t care much for him tossin’ Shockey to the wolves. Even if it WAS Shockey, keep it in-house, right? I don’t know is he’s just Curly of the Three Stoogies or a genuine schmuck.

I’ll tell you this, tho’; if Charles Haley – with all this incomparable achievements – can’t get in because of his “off-the-field” BS, everyone else needs to be blemish-free.

By: effosugoblue

effosugoblue — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:02:15 +0000

I sat next to Sapp on a flight. He is a jerk!!

By: zampft

zampft — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:01:50 +0000

He won’t be a first ballot HoFer as a form of punishment, especially coming right off such a controversial year for Sapp. Then they’ll vote him in the next year.

By: duanethomas

duanethomas — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:51:55 +0000

L.T. got in…..nuff said.

By: huejackson

huejackson — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:34:31 +0000

I can’t believe Hall of fame and Warren Sapp are in the same sentence..
This guy was very over rated… He was horrible he is the soul reason for the Raiders sucking.. It’s a known fact he would tell players on the Raiders to “stop trying to play hard and just get dat money”
When team mated would complain that he would not run hard to make a tackle he would say run hard or slow Im still getting mo money”
Just ask guys that were in that locker room like Roland Williams…
This guy is a loser if he gets in the Hall of fame but a guy Like Tim Brown does not then I think the hall of fame is a scam…
Tim Brown is the 2nd best WR of all time and he is not in it!

By: Stupid Raiders Fan

Stupid Raiders Fan — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:26:50 +0000

Sapp’s career alone, I don’t think he is a HOF.

Only 3 years of double digit sacks

7 pro bowls, but only 5 years of those deserved

Completely average player in OAK the last 5 years of his career and bad teammate.

He’s borderline HOFer at best if he gets in it should be after 10plus years.

By: colinsnooks

colinsnooks — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:25:49 +0000

They can fix it by getting replacing voters from the media with voters who are former players, coaches, etc. There’s got to be enough HOFers now, they should just let the players and coaches already in the hall of fame vote for new members. They spent their whole careers watching game tape and identifying the best players on the field on opposing teams, they probably have a better idea of who deserves to get in.

By: dikshuttle

dikshuttle — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:24:54 +0000

I don’t know the numbers, but why does he have to be a 1st ballot HOF’er?

Were his numbers so good he was a shoe in?

One thing that always gets me is the assumption that it should always be a meritocracy going in. It’s the Hall of Fame, not the Hall of Stats. It is a popularity contest by name.

I don’t have a problem with someone’s character or infamy delaying the process.

That said – he should be in the HOF. I have no problem waiting a few years, though.

By: professorcolumbus

professorcolumbus — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:20:05 +0000

zn0rseman says: Apr 12, 2012 9:44 AM

If Sapp can get inducted into the Hall of Fame after his brutal cheap shot on Chad Clifton, then Albert Haynesworth still has a chance.

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How does this have 9 thumbs up? They are both DT’s and a-holes. That is where the comparison ends. Fat Al was never in the same LEAGUE as Sapp.

Hey, the baseball HOF let Ty Cobb in! Who’s next, John rocker?

By: peytonwantsaflag

peytonwantsaflag — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:11:12 +0000

or how bout this? let’s start concentrating MORE on character.

I’d much rather take my kids to a hall with fewer athletes of good character than one filled with these arrogant clowns

By: jlinatl

jlinatl — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:55:56 +0000

When I lived in Tampa, heard tons of stories about how abusive he was to fans when approached in public. Not just refusing autographs but just outright nasty in the way he treated them.

By: flaccounibrow

flaccounibrow — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:54:12 +0000

Just because a player plays for a franchise that is for the most part miserable, does not mean that the player is hall of fame worthy. Sapp was good, not great for 3-4 years of his playing days. He was over rated fat, and slow for the remaining years. He is only mentioned because the bucs have very few HOF players. If he played for the Steelers, cowboys, bears, packers…etc he wouldn’t even be mentioned.

By: fordmandalay

fordmandalay — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:44:35 +0000

Note that when Kaufman ran down the list of problems people might have with Sapp, he never even mentioned the fact that he’s a deadbeat dad, owing hundreds of thousands in unpaid child support.

By: ahmiller21

ahmiller21 — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:42:05 +0000

You’re put in a HOF in any sport based on your skills on the field, not off of it. Bankruptcy, controversial comments, etc shouldn’t even be an issue. He was a great player and deserves the nod. Brett Favre is a first ballot HOFer and I believe what he did off the field was much worse than what Sapp has done. Keep the politics out of sports!

By: mattmillen4president

mattmillen4president — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:40:32 +0000

Sapp should be voted in for the things he contributed to the game on the field, then immediately thrown out for being an embarrassment to himself as an assclown of an analyst.

By: panthrobro

panthrobro — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:37:30 +0000

He’s a hall of fame sap. Thats for sure

By: laeagle

laeagle — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:22:17 +0000

He lost me when he compared being an NFL player with slavery. Sorry, it’s not QUITE the same.

By: thraiderskin

thraiderskin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:22:05 +0000

Not even close, he’s a hall of famer. I do feel a little bad for this journalist, there he is with his slam dunk HOFer and Sapp refuses to just stay out of controversy. He better have a tape of everyone of Sapps great defensive plays to include ever single QB sack.

By: gotampabay52

gotampabay52 — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:15:17 +0000

Hey chad cliffton look around when running down field clean hit let it go if a punter did it it big the biggiest hit laid out by a punter Sapp Is a HOF best DT thanks for the times and the hit on packers chad cliffton yo Sherman put a helmet on

By: ezmagic

ezmagic — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:01:53 +0000

It’s called the football hall of fame, not the extra curricular activity hall off fame… He may not be the smartest guy in the world but was a great player. If a few comments keeps any man out the they need to change the name of the football hall of fame…. Isn’t OJ in it?

By: delhommed

delhommed — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:48:36 +0000

Sapp should have to wait a few years! I was a fan of Sapp during his playing days, but then saw him in the airport and attempted to tell him how much I liked watching him play and basically verbally assaulted with tobacco spit for even trying to talk to him. Screw sapp. Hope Shockey sticks it in him!