Poor field conditions force cancellation of Hall of Fame Game

[left-of-center2012]

Source: ESPN

CANTON, Ohio -- Sunday night's Hall of Fame Game between the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts has been canceled because of field conditions at Tom Benson Stadium, Hall of Fame president/executive director David Baker told ESPN's Lisa Salters.

According to Baker, teams will remain at the stadium, and the plan is now to host a "fan fest" of sorts.

Multiple sources told ESPN.com that both the Packers and Colts were worried about player safety as crews worked feverishly to spray solvent on the area around the midfield logo. The issue stemmed from the paint used on the logo and in the end zones.

Read more: http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17241245/hall-fame-game-canceled-due-poor-field-conditions-tom-benson-stadium

[grubbs]

1. Nooooooo!!!!!!!

Why God? WHY!?!

[a kennedy]

2. I feeling ok with it......no one will get hurt, and really the Packers have

5, count them 5, pre-season games to play......so that's good now they only have four games like normal teams have. GO PACK GO.

[Hoyt]

3. You'd think they had the field paint figured out. Some folks are in trouble.

[Lifelong Protester]

4. Bummer!

Facebook has been publicizing it for days! (at least it seems like 'days').

[4lbs]

5. Wow, what bungle. The Hall of Fame game is held in the exact same stadium every year

and the date and time were known, oh, about 6 months ago or earlier.

So, no one thought to even do a test run of the paint and field?

[left-of-center2012]

6. And they have to refund thousands of ticket sales. n/t