- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Maybe Tom Benson Should Have Given $20 Million Dollars
Posted on 8/7/16 at 6:20 pm
Posted on 8/7/16 at 6:20 pm
The HOF Game played in the stadium now named after him is cancelled because of field conditions. 
9
Posted on 8/7/16 at 6:23 pm to lsutigers1992
Someone should be Fired tonight
Posted on 8/7/16 at 6:26 pm to lsutigers1992
Qell this is a crap night. Wanted to see some freaking football.
Why the hell would they schedule a Concerton Friday, have the HOF on Saturday and then play a game on sunday? Retards
Why the hell would they schedule a Concerton Friday, have the HOF on Saturday and then play a game on sunday? Retards
Posted on 8/7/16 at 6:26 pm to Champs
Just another example on why real grass is better to play sports on.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 6:31 pm to lsutigers1992
Maybe they shouldn't have held a Tim McGraw concert August 5, and then the Induction ceremony yesterday so they could work on the field markings earlier (and maybe not botch the job). 
Apparently the high school football team near the stadium already decided to not play games there this year because they were concerned about the field conditions as the HOF do renovations. At least someone had common sense in this situation; funny that it wasn't the multi-billion dollar group.
Apparently the high school football team near the stadium already decided to not play games there this year because they were concerned about the field conditions as the HOF do renovations. At least someone had common sense in this situation; funny that it wasn't the multi-billion dollar group.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 6:35 pm to lsutigers1992
Goodell must go
Posted on 8/7/16 at 6:51 pm to lsutigers1992
Absolute insult to Tom Benson. Warning, Goodell's smug face attached to the story link.
Posted by Zac Jackson on August 7, 2016, 7:03 PM EDT
NBC Sports
I don’t believe in coincidence. So, lights out in the Superdome during a Super Bowl, being declined with disrespectful form letters for New Orleans held Super Bowls sent to Mr. Benson, and now a stadium with his name on it is unplayable, smells of rotten Goodell.
Posted by Zac Jackson on August 7, 2016, 7:03 PM EDT
NBC Sports
quote:
Players who were supposed to play in Sunday night’s Hall of Fame Game are tweeting and texting that the game is off.
The game is officially canceled due to poor field conditions at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.
The Hall of Fame Game is generally the first preseason game and is a part of Hall of Fame Weekend in Canton, but with renovations in and around the Hall of Fame the new field was apparently deemed unplayable.
The Colts and Packers were scheduled to kick off at 8 p.m. ET.
The coaches involved won’t be too upset, but it’s still a debacle for the NFL. The field at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium is new, and someone should have known there were safety risks in trying to play an NFL game — even a fake one — under such conditions.
I don’t believe in coincidence. So, lights out in the Superdome during a Super Bowl, being declined with disrespectful form letters for New Orleans held Super Bowls sent to Mr. Benson, and now a stadium with his name on it is unplayable, smells of rotten Goodell.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 7:14 pm to Mrwhodat
You're a loony bird.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 7:15 pm to lsutigers1992
Glad it was cancelled, watching the Olympics anyway!
Posted on 8/7/16 at 7:24 pm to lsutigers1992
It's not an embarrassment for Benson.
It's an embarrassment for the NFL.
It's an embarrassment for the NFL.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 7:29 pm to BBATiger
Posted on 8/7/16 at 7:58 pm to Mrwhodat
Turf has been in the Dome for years. Logo has been painted on before every game. Never had this problem. Not the turf's fault, its probably not wise to have a concert and 5 hour ceremony held on the field the two days before a game.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:11 pm to lsutigers1992
Jim Irsay: This incompetence can’t happen again
Posted by Michael David Smith on August 7, 2016, 8:42 PM EDT
NBC Sports
Posted by Michael David Smith on August 7, 2016, 8:42 PM EDT
NBC Sports
quote:
A visibly agitated Colts owner Jim Irsay expressed frustration today that the Hall of Fame Game had to be canceled due to poor field quality, pointing the finger at the Hall of Fame for failing to get the field painted properly.
“This shouldn’t happen,” Irsay said on ESPN. “It’s not difficult. Obviously, everyone out there says, ‘You’re a $12 billion league. How can you have a field not ready to go?’ Well, the Hall of Fame is sort of separate and gets run a little different from the league. . . . We’ll have to get it right so it never happens again.
Irsay noted that attention to detail is important in football, and should have been important to the preparation for the Hall of Fame Game.
“It comes down to detail,” he said. “We are only as good as our equipment man.”
Irsay said the league owes it to the fans who showed up to make sure nothing like that happens again.
“This shouldn’t happen,” Irsay said. “Yes, we’re upset. . . . We have to make it right to our fans and also get to the bottom of exactly who got this paint job done and why was there incompetence.”
Posted on 8/7/16 at 8:13 pm to Mrwhodat
So the field itself was fine, but the painted yard marks and such were botched?
Yeah that has jack shite to do with anyone but whoever was in charge of that.
Yeah that has jack shite to do with anyone but whoever was in charge of that.
This post was edited on 8/7/16 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 8/7/16 at 9:40 pm to BBATiger
Goodell
Fan
Fan
Posted on 8/7/16 at 10:03 pm to bonethug0108
quote:
So the field itself was fine, but the painted yard marks and such were botched?
That's what I heard. The paint didn't have time to dry and it was a safety risk to put the players out there with that shite.
Pretty stupid situation.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 10:37 pm to CapperVin
quote:
Goodell must go
For all the fans that spent money on travel, hotels, restaurants, and tickets: Roger Goodell would like to extend to you a free coupon, good, for a one time purchase of one of these:
Posted on 8/7/16 at 10:43 pm to Tiger Nation 84
quote:that's how they have always done HOF weekend in Canton
Why the hell would they schedule a Concerton Friday, have the HOF on Saturday and then play a game on sunday? Retards
Posted on 8/7/16 at 10:48 pm to bonethug0108
The wrong paint was used. The paint began to congeal leaving some areas in Endzone and midfield to harden or have the consistency of tar. The pellets that are used on the turf began clumping. There was nothing with the field itself. Some areas will have to be completely replaced. It just sucks because the HOF game is a very huge weekend for Canton/NE Ohio.
Posted on 8/7/16 at 11:00 pm to bonethug0108
quote:
Yeah that has jack shite to do with anyone but whoever was in charge of that.
Irsay should seek answers from some of his partners, Goodell
Posted by Mike Florio on August 7, 2016, 11:15 PM EDT
NBC Sports
quote:
As our friends at HBO pointed out on Sunday night, the very first season of Hard Knocks featured this quote from former Ravens coach Brian Billick following the cancellation of a preseason game in Philadelphia due to poor field conditions: “I am going to have somebody’s arse in my briefcase when I leave here and I just want to know what that name is.”
Colts owner Jim Irsay is feeling equally salty after the cancellation of the Hall of Fame game, pointing the finger at the Hall of Fame and claiming it “is sort of separate and gets run a little different from the league.”
While technically accurate, plenty of overlap exists, starting with the leadership of the Hall of Fame. The Board of Trustees includes Commissioner Roger Goodell and nearly 25 percent of the league’s owners: Mike Brown of the Bengals; George McCaskey of the Bears; Jimmy Haslam of the Browns; Jerry Jones of the Cowboys; Dan Rooney of the Steelers; Dan Snyder of Washington; and Denise DeBartolo York of the 49ers.
In fairness to the NFL, the leadership of the Hall of Fame comes primarily from a group of Canton businesspeople who, as tonight’s debacle proves, aren’t ideally suited to doing what the NFL otherwise does, including preseason and postseason, 332 times per year. Still, the Hall of Fame bears not just the NFL’s fingerprints but its DNA, and it would be wrong to make Hall of Fame executive director David Baker the scapegoat when, in many respects, he’s simply a very large-headed figure head.
This isn’t a Hall of Fame problem. It’s an NFL problem. And it’s the NFL’s failure. The league need to own it, make it right (more on that later), and either commit the resources necessary to fixing the problem or ditch the game entirely.
No one really wants or needs a fifth preseason game. So why not just get rid of it? The same player health and safety concerns that resulted in the cancellation of tonight’s game due to congealed paint should prompt the league to cap every team at a maximum of 20 preseason and regular-season games.
Page 1 of 2
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News