{"id":74,"date":"2016-08-11T13:07:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T17:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2021-05-30T18:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T22:44:24","slug":"nfl-cancels-hall-of-fame-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2016\/08\/11\/nfl-cancels-hall-of-fame-game\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Cancels Hall of Fame Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football fans will have to wait a little longer for the return of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>NFL<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HOF game between Packers and Colts has been canceled due to concerns over field conditions: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wEXo0OjJFr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/wEXo0OjJFr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gq55PbkNB5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gq55PbkNB5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/762425227921895425\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The league announced that Sunday\u2019s <strong>Hall of Fame Game<\/strong> between the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indianapolis Colts<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.packers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>has been canceled. Unsafe field conditions have been cited as the cause.<\/p>\n<h2>NFL Cancels Hall of Fame Game Due to Unsafe Field Conditions<\/h2>\n<p>The source of the problem is related to the paint job that was applied to the field. This is especially true with respect\u00a0to the 50-yard line and the end zone. Apparently the paint dried incorrectly, leading to an abnormally hard and slick surface.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HOF game between Packers and Colts has been canceled due to concerns over field conditions: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wEXo0OjJFr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/wEXo0OjJFr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gq55PbkNB5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gq55PbkNB5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/762425227921895425\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/2016\/08\/07\/nfl-cancels-hall-of-fame-game\/\" target=\"_self\">Read More Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\nCANTON, OH &#8211; AUGUST 07: A Green Bay Packers fan sits in the stands prior to the NFL Hall of Fame Game against the Indianapolis Colts at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium on August 7, 2016 in Canton, Ohio. The game was cancelled due to poor field conditions. (Photo by Joe Robbins\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football fans will have to wait a little longer for the return of the NFL. HOF game between Packers and Colts has been canceled due to concerns over field conditions: https:\/\/t.co\/wEXo0OjJFr pic.twitter.com\/gq55PbkNB5 &mdash; NFL (@NFL) August 7, 2016 The league announced that Sunday\u2019s Hall of Fame Game between the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers\u00a0has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":75,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[246],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","tag-nfl-news"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}