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Drew Pearson raw video of finding out he was not inducted into the Hall of Fame
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You were considered a great player at your position for your entire career. You got the recognition when you were doing it. Now its 40+ years later and you still got all your hopes riding on what some panel declares about your worth? Breh really got to move on with his life. 2/3rds of his life has been lived AFTER he retired from football.
I mean, he was a champ, he was Pro Bowl three times, he's in the Tulsa HOF and the Cowboys Ring of Honor, he gets named to some new list or gets some new award every few years....stop worrying about what people think about what you did more than half your life ago.
I mean, he was a champ, he was Pro Bowl three times, he's in the Tulsa HOF and the Cowboys Ring of Honor, he gets named to some new list or gets some new award every few years....stop worrying about what people think about what you did more than half your life ago.
I believe some are detracting from him because some believe he's married to a WW. And has white friendsAnd Drew Pearson was married to a Black Woman. His Black Wife died some years back.
This is all of his grandsons.
He's not even married to that White Woman.
So, his ownership of the Dallas Cowboys will go to his Black Children and Grand Children.
nikkas r corny
HTXBreh
Superstar
fukk him and you c00nboyz.I believe some are detracting from him because some believe he's married to a WW. And has white friends
nikkas r corny
levitate
I love you, you know.
WHO!?!?
Mr Hate Coffee
Veteran
Oscar’s, Grammy’s, Hall of Fame.
Ain’t nothing like that praise from the white man and his fake measurements of success and accomplishment.
The Hall of Fame is different tho. Sports for the most part are a meritocracy... with hard numbers to back arguments. Music and film are completely subjective. Who wouldn't want to be in the HOF?
I don't really care either way if Drew Pearson gets into the Hall of Fame. After how they heauxed
all those years, it's clear there's a bias.Playing devil's advocate though:
Imagine working your whole life to be the best wide receiver you can be.
Since the days you were a kid, that's what you worked toward and what you were known for.
You get to the highest possible level at which you can practice your craft.
You make one of the greatest plays in the HISTORY of the game.
You are a Super Bowl champion.
You post numbers that garner you respect from your peers.
You are named a Pro Bowler/All-Pro multiple times, accolades that means you are consensus the best at your position.
You retire as statistically and by most every other measure, the best receiver your team has ever had. So much so, you're the standard by which any other receiver of transcendent talent that plays for your team is measured (that person gets YOUR number).
You are recognized as one of the greatest players of your decade, noting that all of those players have since been named to the Hall of Fame.
So by every single measure sans actually getting the jacket, you are considered a Hall of Famer.
And yet you aren't in? That shyt will make your soul burn slow.
TL;DR - It's not much different than a man or woman getting attention from any and everybody EXCEPT the person they've actually targeted, or getting dikked around for a promotion or job when everything you've done to that point says you deserve it. That shyt bothers people.
Is it worth tears? No. But that acknowledgment matters a good deal if you spent a significant piece of your life trying to get it. As someone who despises wasting real effort, I get his frustration.
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They inducted the guy that created NFL Films. What were his “hard numbers”?
The Hall of Fame is different tho. Sports for the most part are a meritocracy... with hard numbers to back arguments. Music and film are completely subjective. Who wouldn't want to be in the HOF?
It’s a selection process not a true competition. So your meritocracy argument doesn’t hold.
Its 48 men in a room, the majority whom never played the game.
If they like, you’re in
If they don’t, you’re out
If they love you, you’re in quicker.
I'm not that knowledgeable in football (baseball was my first love up until when I was 14 then basketball became my favorite) but it seems to me like the NFL Hall of Fame is really difficult to get into, unlike the Basketball Hall of Fame where they seemingly let anybody in.
NOSaintsFan02
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They inducted the guy that created NFL Films. What were his “hard numbers”?
It’s a selection process not a true competition. So your meritocracy argument doesn’t hold.
Its 48 men in a room, the majority whom never played the game.
If they like, you’re in
If they don’t, you’re out
If they love you, you’re in quicker.
Don't hate on Steve Sabol now
he should be in
but he needs to stop holding onto this
but he needs to stop holding onto this
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
They still haven't inducted Cliff Branch either 
gangreen
Top Notch
well the basketball HOF is for all of basketball (men, women, college, pros, international). the NFL HOF is just for the NFL.
