“Shame on the Pegula’s for trying to erase history”: NFL fans react as Bills exclude O.J. Simpson from Wall of Fame at new Highmark Stadium

× The Buffalo Bills will snub O.J. Simpson out of the new team history and legends display when they move to the new Highmark Stadium.

Bills Chief Operating Officer Pete Guelli confirmed the decision on Saturday. Ad "We have made an organizational decision that he is not a fit to display inside our new stadium and Family Circle," he said. NFL fans shared their opinions on X about the Buffalo Bills' decision.

"So much bullshit! Shame on the Pegula’s for trying to erase history," wrote one fan. Looking to predict NFL playoff Scenarios?

Try our NFL Playoff Predictor for real-time simulations and stay ahead of the game! "He's a killer. He sliced up 2 human beings.

F*ck him," wrote another fan. Ad Trending A third fan commented: "History isn’t being erased. All his records are still in the books and you can go visit with his highlights any time.

But we don’t have to pay tribute to him. More NFL fans shared their takes. Patrick Sheltra @100ThingsUtahUnless there’s some unpublicized effort to remove him from the team’s media guide and/or record books, the Pegulas are not trying to erase history.

It’s their team and their stadium now. And they don’t want the baggage OJ brings. Ad Christopher Haick @cwhaickYou can’t change history and a jury found he was innocent.

I’m tired of people erasing history. He was a star for the franchise and if your reasoning is why they won’t display his name, they should have taken it down well before this. Ad Vincent @VJUVincentSome legacies are better left where they are 😅 Ad Bentton LaFontaine @TheBrooklynLifeThe man was never found guilty of murder.

Ad Thomas Stelmach @tomjstelmachTHATS BULL SHIT, HE ACCOMPLISHED AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER HE SHOULD BE ON WALL. Ad O.J.

Simpson was inducted into the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame on Sept. 7, 1980. He was the first member ever inducted into the Wall of Fame, which the team created specifically in 1980 to honor its history.

The ceremony took place at Rich Stadium during halftime of the Bills' 1980 season opener against the Miami Dolphins. Simpson spent nine seasons in Buffalo. He won the NFL MVP in 1973 after becoming the first player in league history to break the 2,000-yard rushing mark in a single season.

Ad However, the milestones were overshadowed by the 1994 double-murder trial of his ex- second wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Though acquitted in criminal court, a civil jury later found him liable for their wrongful deaths and ordered him to pay $33 million to the families. O.

J. Simpson later served nine years in prison for a 2007 armed robbery in Las Vegas. At 76, O.

J. Simpson died on April 10, 2024 after a fight with prostrate cancer. Ad The ribbon cutting ceremony at Highmark Stadium took place on Tuesday.

Bills owner Terry Pegula and Pete Guelli were joined by New York Governor Kathy Hochul. On Aug. 8, the stadium will host its first public event, the Bills' annual "Blue & Red" scrimmage practice under the lights.

In September, the team will officially kick off the regular season and play all of their home games at the new venue. The entire construction process took exactly 34 months from start to finish. Ad O.

J. Simpson's sister-in-law Denise Brown made feelings known about Nicole Brown's murder In "The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson," a documentary series, Denise Brown recalled learning of her sister’s death and said the memory remains vivid decades later. "I’ll never forget the time," Denise said according to Variety Magazine's report (May 2024).

"I’ll never forget the day. It was 6:15 a.m.

and I heard a scream from my mother that I had never heard before. I ran to her room, saw her on her knees, and she said, “Nicole’s been killed.” I thought it was a sick prank.

We had just seen her the night before. I said, “Oh, my God. He finally did it.”

That was my gut reaction. I knew in my heart, at that moment, that O.J.

Simpson killed her. I never veered from that. I never had any doubts about it -- never.

It’s still the way I feel. Ad According to Brown, many people still fail to understand the complexity of domestic violence, particularly forms of abuse that extend beyond physical harm. Emotional, verbal and psychological abuse, she said, can leave lasting effects long after visible injuries disappear.

Simpson and Nicole Brown had two children together, Sydney Brooke Simpson and Justin Ryan Simpson.Simpson also had three more children (Arnelle, Jason, Aaren) from his first marriage to Marguerite Whitley. Tragically, Aaren passed away just a month before her second birthday after an accidental drowning in the family's swimming pool.

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