Removing O.J. Simpson from your team\u2019s Ring of Honor wouldn\u2019t seem to be a controversial decision for the Buffalo Bills, given, well, everything. But Fox Sports Radio host Rob Parker still has some questions about it.<\/p>\n
The Bills will open their new home at Highmark Stadium this fall after decades playing at the venerable Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park. The new state-of-the-art stadium will have all the bells and whistles of modern arenas across the league while still hoping to retain some of the heart and soul that made the Bills\u2019 former home so unique and special.<\/p>\n
But as they transition to the new venue, the Bills are quietly leaving one element of the old stadium firmly in the past. They will not be making any mention of O.J. Simpson at the new Highmark Stadium.<\/p>\n
That decision was confirmed by the team this week<\/a>. A new Family Circle outside the stadium, with plaques honoring Bills greats from yesteryear, won\u2019t include the first honoree on its Wall of Fame. And that\u2019s where Rob Parker has a problem. He said on Fox Sports Radio<\/a> that if the Bills were going to make this decision, it should have happened while Simpson was still alive and in the old stadium.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a COWARD MOVE! They didn\u2019t [remove OJ from the Wall of Fame] when he was alive, so they\u2019re only doing it now when he\u2019s deceased? DISGRACEFUL!\u201d@robparkerMLBbro<\/a> is furious with the Bills for omitting OJ Simpson from their new stadium\u2019s Wall of Fame pic.twitter.com\/31YN5QADOJ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 FOX Sports Radio (@FoxSportsRadio) June 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIf you ever wanted to know why the Buffalo Bills are losers, have never been able to win a championship and have all kinds of other things going on, this is a prime example. This is the worst of the worst, the most cowardish move I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Parker said. \u201cThey didn\u2019t do this when O.J. Simpson was alive, and I don\u2019t care what you talk about all the other stuff, because I\u2019m not sitting here trying to make it like O.J. was the perfect person or did everything right.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut if you\u2019re the Buffalo Bills, I have a question for you. O.J. Simpson is still in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, O.J. Simpson is still in the College Football Hall of Fame. And he was still honored at your old stadium. Why would you do this now that he\u2019s deceased and that he\u2019s gone? It\u2019s a coward move. You should have done it when he was still alive if you had any cause to do it and say, \u2018no, O.J. we don\u2019t care what the jury said, we don\u2019t care about anything, we don\u2019t care about the legal system and how it works in this country and we\u2019ve determined that you\u2019re guilty and we want nothing to do with you.’\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHow the hell can the Buffalo Bills have any kind of honor or ring or salute any players in that freakin\u2019 organization and not include O.J. Simpson? He was the Buffalo Bills. Disgraceful,\u201d Parker said incredulously.<\/p>\n Well, there\u2019s obviously reasons why you\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0want to honor O.J. Simpson. But as Rob Parker points out, he hasn\u2019t been removed from either the college or pro Halls of Fame, and at this point, it\u2019s hard to imagine what would lead to that happening. And the Bills had plenty of opportunity to make this decision over the last few decades while Simpson was involved in so many various troubles. Calling it \u201cthe worst of the worst\u201d or tying it to the franchise\u2019s lack of on-field championships is total hyperbole.<\/p>\n If you\u00a0visit the Buffalo Bills website,\u00a0Simpson is still listed<\/a> on the Wall of Fame. However, that won\u2019t be visible to visitors at the new Highmark Stadium. Any decision regarding the legacy of O.J. Simpson is going to be complicated.<\/p>\n Should the Bills have done this sooner if they were going to do it at all? Yes. It\u2019s not like the facts in O.J. Simpson\u2019s life have changed in the last several years or after his death in 2024<\/a>. However, the launch of a new stadium certainly provided the most reasonable, convenient, and logical cover to try to sweep Simpson\u2019s history with the franchise slightly under the rug.<\/p>\n \t