What I am not going to do is sit here and pretend that what Terrell Owens is doing by rejecting a long overdue opportunity to be the sole focus of a large, accomplished audience that's celebrating his professional accolades is taking some noble and selfless stand against the system that crapped all over common sense in previously denying his induction. The truth is that all he's really doing is guaranteeing himself more attention, in a way that only T.O. truly could, by making an annual and somewhat sacred event all about his absence. That being said, I kind of appreciate that the dominant diva wide receiver by which all dominant diva wide receivers will be forever measured is sticking it to a self-important structure by sticking to what made him who he is. If being a "bad teammate" is what got the man that sits 2nd all-time in receiving yards and 3rd all-time in receiving touchdowns issued a two year penalty for his personality then being equally contentious towards the gatekeepers that actively held him back from being rightfully rewarded is pretty damn fitting. After all, what proves someone's extraordinary level of 'Fame' quite like having their unobserved enshrinement become the main story of a reverential weekend as they hold their own off-site ceremony? Let's face it, the voters temporarily moved the goalposts on 'Hall Of Fame' requirements to prove an unprecedented point. It's just vintage T.O. that when he inevitably reached those goalposts, as he did a transcendent amount of times throughout his career, he opted not to humbly hand the ball to the official but instead turn them into a place where he can flex on his haters by doing shirtless pull-ups. It's undoubtedly an arrogant move to announce that you're no-showing your induction for no real reason. Unfortunately, it's not as arrogant as pushing back said induction two full years due to a provisional principle that's completely unrelated to catching a damn football. Both parties are guilty of lacking conformity in this case, but only one of them is famous for turning his nose up at it.
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