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The Buffalo Bills are opening a new stadium, and they have decided that O.J. Simpson—the franchise’s greatest running back, a Hall of Famer, and a double murderer—will not be part of the public plaza honoring team legends. The team’s president of business operations put it plainly: Simpson is “not a fit to display.” The decision has sparked a debate about whether sports teams should edit their own history, and it is the lead topic in this hour of the Ben Maller Show, which also covers Tom Brady’s empty promises for the Raiders and the mechanics of a modern NFL hold-in.

The O.J. Simpson Question: Honoring the Player, Ignoring the Man

The Bills are building a new stadium and, as part of the marketing-friendly “family circle” plaza, they are installing statues and plaques for Wall of Fame inductees. O.J. Simpson, a Hall of Fame running back who spent the prime of his career in Buffalo, will not be included. The host frames this as a deliberate act of “moral editing” that creates a slippery slope. If the standard is that only perfect people get honored, he argues, “you’re gonna have a lot of space available.” The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton still displays Simpson’s bust, and the Bills themselves kept his number retired and his Wall of Fame status for decades after the murders. The host’s point is that the team is now pretending a chapter of its own history does not ex