Hall of Fame bars speech about Seau

The Pro Football Hall of Fame will not allow Junior Seau’s daughter to comment about her father during induction ceremonies on Aug. 8 in Canton, Ohio. Citing previous policies on posthumous inductions, the Hall barred Sydney Seau from making a speech. Junior Seau, who shot and killed himself in 2012, is one of seven men being inducted.

In a New York Times story Friday, Sydney Seau said: “It’s frustrating because the induction is for my father and for the other players, but then to not be able to speak, it’s painful. I just want to give the speech he would have given.”

Seau, a linebacker, played 20 NFL seasons. After his suicide doctors diagnosed him with traumatic brain injury they believed attributable to playing football. His family has sued the NFL.

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