EDITOR'S NOTE: Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee. He was assigned the responsibility of opening the discussion of Owens when the 48-person committee met on the eve of Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis.
Terrell Owens, who was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his third year of eligibility, announced Thursday he will not attend the induction ceremony in Canton, Ohio.
Owens wrote in a statement posted on his official website that he decided during a visit earlier this year to the Hall of Fame that he wanted to celebrate elsewhere.