Remove O.J. Simpson's name at New Era Field?
A former Sirius radio producer is calling on the Pegulas to revise the Orchard Park stadium's Wall of Fame.
Remove O.J. Simpson's name at New Era Field? A former Sirius radio producer is calling on the Pegulas to revise the Orchard Park stadium's Wall of Fame. Check out this story on DemocratandChronicle.com: http://on.rocne.ws/2tJSQbb
Democrat and Chronicle Published 12:08 p.m. ET March 13, 2018 | Updated 12:36 p.m. ET March 13, 2018
Should O.J. Simpson's name be removed from the Wall of Fame at Buffalo's New Era Field?(Photo: Andrew Innerarity)
BUFFALO — The debate over whether O.J. Simpson's name should be removed from the Wall of Fame at New Era Field has been reignited after FOX aired a 2006 interview with Simpson Sunday.
"It's very difficult for me to do this. It was very difficult for me because it's hypothetical," said Simpson in the interview when asked to speculate about what might have happened the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend, Ron Goldman, were murdered.
After public outcry, the interview was shelved until now, but copies of it were out there.
"2006. Never forget it. Yeah," says Howie Greene.
Greene, a Buffalo State College grad, was an executive producer for Sirius Satellite Radio in 2006. One of his shows was the Judith Regan Show. She's the publisher who did the interview with Simpson, who was acquitted of the 1994 killings in a criminal case but found liable for them in a civil case.
"I was so horrified last night watching this all over again, and remember, I relived all of those days when I was Judith's producer, you know, I was hoping that through social media and hopefully through this interview, to reach Kim Pegula," Greene says.
He wants the Pegulas to remove Simpson's name from the Wall of Fame at New Era Field.
He isn't the first Bills fan to make this request. In fact, in 2006 after FOX announced this very same interview would air, an online petition started circulating asking the Bills to take Simpson's name down.
"Even if he was acquitted, I think after last night, and if the NFL is going to stand up against domestic violence, I think it's clear that his name has to come off of there, and I think there is a relationship there, you can't just say, well, he did this on the field, so let's not worry about what he did as a criminal. That's ludicrous," says Greene.
WGRZ contacted a spokesperson for Pegula Sports and Entertainment Monday night for a comment about Greene's request and has not heard back yet.
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