Sydney Seau will speak after all — sort of.
Bowing to intense pressure from fans and the media, David Baker, the president of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, said that the daughter of Junior Seau, one of the N.F.L’s greatest linebackers, would be allowed to speak in honor of her father when he is inducted posthumously into the Hall on Aug. 8.
Baker told Fox Sports that Sydney Seau will be interviewed on stage when her father’s bronze bust is unveiled. Seau’s three sons will also be on stage.
However, the Hall of Fame will maintain its five-year old policy of not letting others give full speeches for deceased inductees.