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Window closing on Hall of Fame game
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07:59 AM ET 07.13 | It isn't all positive momentum in lockout news. With collective bargaining agreement negotiations between NFL owners and players projected to last into next week, the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams are expected to move back the start of their training camps from July 22. As a result, the cancellation of the annual Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio, is looking more and more likely. The preseason encounter between the Bears and Rams is scheduled for Aug. 7, one day after the annual enshrinement ceremony. However, sources from the two teams are getting anxious about playing the game, particularly if they can't start camp on time. "The decision is probably going to be made for us," a coach from one of the teams said.
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WHAT? NO HALL OF FAME GAME. Unthinkable
Mangler.
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Yeah...
Might as well cancel the damn season.
Otis B. Driftwood
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No big loss from a fan's point of view, and same with most of the other pre-season games. A reasonable training camp and two pre-season games should be plenty to get everyone ready for the season. I know the teams (read owners) make money from the pre-season, but if some of it is lost and the regular season is saved, that's a win.
SouthernBlueFan
Auburn , AL
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And the level of play we see... Like Andy Reid's chair... I'm crushed.
Wawa-we-wa
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Good. For all the kiddies out there, this used to be a fun game, a Pro team would play a team of college All Stars. As Casey would say, ya could look it up.
50yearfan
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Woopiedildow!
COUNT DOOKU
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Time's running out....
Robataille
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Too young to have ever known that. That'd actually be nice to watch.
Lil Dur
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Dang, I'm even old enough to remember Casey.
Debbie Does
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or really, really broken in.
Melman
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Agree 100%...I don't think the fans are pushing for preseason games...especially when we have to pay the full ride for the tickets.
I am 42
Lithia , FL
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It is just hard to imagine that we can miss the hall of fame game and what it means to the players being inducted.
Being a RAMS fan I want to be able to see Les Ritcher's family and Marsh Faulk walking around the field while the game is being played.
Ramsrich79
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Hall of Shame.....the players and owners should put this game on for free......that means no pay for any player,
plus free admission to any fans who might be ashamed to attend.
midnite_rambler
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Screw the the game. The more important topic is the inductees.
S DOT HITS DA SPOT
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I loved the old NFL Champs vs. College All Stars games every year at Soldier Field. Except for 1963, when they beat my Packers 20-17 !
armyengr
Waynesville , MO
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They can replace it with the Hall of Shame Game, where the worst team from each conference gets to play while we remember all the bad boys who have been indicted.
Debbie Does
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... unless the pro team is from the NFC West then the college team has a chance ...
Dr. B-f-G
Bubbaville, TX
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I know the purposes of this comment are make fun of the lowly NFC West teams and to not necessarily be taken at face value, but I don't think that would even be possible. I remember thinking years ago how I thought USC could take out the Detroit Lions, but I think an NFL team would just be too overpowering for any college team to even give them a chance or some shred of hope.
Zero Cool
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Would like to see it all work out for MARSHALL, MARSHALL, MARSHALL! First of the Greatest Show in the Hall. Then Bradford and the Greatest Show 2.0 ready for takeoff. Let's get this done now !
Rammajamma
Los Angeles , CA
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It already is a Hall of Shame ... millionaires trying to hold billionaires hostage, billionaires trying to hold millionaires hostage, and the ones that suffer are the middle-class working stiffs who support these schmucks. Cancel the whole season. Let people like Haynesworth try flipping burgers for a year instead of eating them. Let Burress take his shooting skills where they can do some good: Afghanistan.
AGStrange
Total Comments (1995)
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