snowmanny said:
Do you guys think OJ should be removed from the HOF?
OJ was tougher for me, because he wasn't convicted. I believe he did it, but without a conviction I'd have a hard time of it, but would certainly be open to any discussion on it. A conviction and I absolutely would be in favor of it. There's a certain point of self importance that the people involved with the Hall have that I just don't understand, where they think that the glorifying of a proven monster off the field is fine because they "separate it", like they're above it, or think that the field and non-football are basically church and state.
What Peter King and those like him don't understand that the two are inexorably tied. Darren Sharper may not have raped anyone on the field (that we know of), but he certainly exploited the benefits provided to him by the NFL to aid in his continued raping. Aside from the money, the travel, and the access, he was Darren Sharper, Pro Bowl NFL DB. That's the sort of person hangers on cover for, and victims are terrified to come forward against. King *should* be livid that someone exploited the Shield to aide in criminal activity, however indirectly. Instead he cowers away and digs his head in the sand while ignoring that Darren Sharper, used car salesman, is almost certainly incapable of travelling the country as a serial rapist for so long without a manhunt.
