Need your opinion

[Chuck9788]

I am finishing up an awesome Hall of Fame football card collection. I have the greats from Sammy Baugh to Michael Strahan.

Here's my question. OJ Simpson is one of the greatest running backs of all time and he is currently in the NFL HOF. However, I despise him as a human being.

Would it be ok to not add his card to my collection? Or would it be noticeably incomplete without OJ Simpson?

[Leon]

I think it's a personal decision.....

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think it's a personal decision.....

+1 on what Leon posted.

For me personally I separate what players done on and off the field. I collect because of what they done on the field.

[commishbob]

For me the decision would be: Is this player's card part of a set or collection I was putting together? I have a couple of OJ cards in completed Topps and Kelloggs sets. I wouldn't put him in a football 'star' binder though.

I have a long-time project in which I collect a card of every player I've had on my fantasy football team (which goes back to 1980). In that binder is an Aaron Hernandez card. Ugh, but I'm not going to have a collection of 'every guy minus one'.

There are more than a few guys who are enshrined in the various sports Halls who were less than stellar humans. Everyone knows that. But if you start weeding out guys you aren't enamored with you then have a collection of 'Hall of Fame guys I like'.

If I had an NFL Hall collection I'd hold my nose and put a Simpson card in the binder.

Just my humble opinion.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Chuck9788

I am finishing up an awesome Hall of Fame football card collection. I have the greats from Sammy Baugh to Michael Strahan.



Here's my question. OJ Simpson is one of the greatest running backs of all time and he is currently in the NFL HOF. However, I despise him as a human being.



Would it be ok to not add his card to my collection? Or would it be noticeably incomplete without OJ Simpson?

You could buy a really beat up version of his card. And when people ask why his card is so crappy, you could say "because he is a crappy individual."

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[Chuck9788]

Originally Posted by todeen

You could buy a really beat up version of his card. And when people ask why his card is so crappy, you could say "because he is a crappy individual."

LMAO .... A couple of days ago I brought up the question to my wife and she said the same exact thing. Haha, too funny.

I will probably bite the bullet and follow through with Commishbob's good advice.

Thank you guys!

[Jim65]

Buy the OJ card, put it next to Ray Lewis in the Killers Wing.

[Michael B]

Like Leon and others I do think it is a personal choice. Where to you draw the line and what is your tolerance.

Lawrence Taylor - multiple drug offenses, registered sex offender. Pled guilty to sexual misconduct for propositioning a hooker who happened to be a minor.

Ray Rice and Kareem Hunt, probably not hall of famers, but both of them beat women while they were still active players.

I am not sitting in judgment of any of them. The facts speak for themselves. My house is made of wood. Only the windows are glass.

[ALR-bishop]

I have never removed Ed Bouchee from my Topps baseball sets

[Nippy7]

Originally Posted by todeen

You could buy a really beat up version of his card. And when people ask why his card is so crappy, you could say "because he is a crappy individual."

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ORrr: Buy a great card and punch a hole in it.