Posted on 08/07/2016 4:09:24 PM PDT by drewh
CANTON, Ohio — FOX6 News has learned the Green Bay Packers vs. Indianapolis Colts Pro Football Hall of Fame Game set for Sunday evening, August 7th has been cancelled due to turf concerns.
Apparently there is an issue with the condition of the field at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium after Saturday night’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
FOX6’s Tim Van Vooren is there — and reported decision makers for the Packers and Colts were on the field, meeting about the field condition. David Baker, president of the Pro Football Hall of Fame was speaking with team leaders.
“The worst NFL is magnitudes better than the best any other sport.”
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Yup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZaGWGAMjus
Thank you for posting this. If I hadn’t seen it on Free Republic I probably wouldn’t have known about the cancellation until I tried tuning in for the game. I’m a bit disappointed, because I was anxious to see how well the Packers’ new draftees and free agents were going to play. Now I’ll just have to wait until next week. But it would have been devastating if there were serious player injuries on either team just because of a poor playing surface.
Perhaps the NFL will learn a lesson from this. Just kidding, they won’t.
I hate that guy. This would never happen if Trump was commissioner
Thanks!
Ya just a meaningless exhibition game. Still seems odd to cancel it.
True, but the field would be 120 yards (We're gonna make it bigger and better than ever) and the sideline benches would be brass plated. LOL!
So you still have nachos and beer though? Not a total loss.
“If Vince were still alive..”.
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Y’know, Bud and Vince didn’t get along all that well. Nothing to do with the Vike-Pack rivalry, Bud just didn’t like him as a person.
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/01/31/nfl-mmqb-bud-grant-minnesota-vikings-super-bowl-losses-vince-lombardi-disklike
Who are the Chefs?
I don’t know. I got an alert for this on my phone, and I said “Oh crap, really?” ESPN confirmed it, so...back to baseball now.
Pojama people...
Absolutely!! But I wont have any left by the end of the night :)
Agree!!!
Guess I’ll have to watch Olympic soccer in an hour instead. (Said no Packers fan ever!)
Dang. Was looking forward to this. Field conditions?
How many football games are played on that field?
What other teams play on it?
Move the game to Rio.
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