I had hoped that there would be a softening of the heart, that the Pro Football Hall of Fame would give in to compassion and allow Junior Seau’s daughter, Sydney, to speak about her father at his induction ceremony next week.
Junior Seau, who died in 2012, would have liked that. In fact, he had told his daughter that if he made the Hall of Fame, he wanted her to introduce him.
Is this too huge a request for the Hall of Fame and the N.F.L. to honor? If any institution needs honorable moments these days, it’s the N.