NFL Honors O.J. Simpson During Super Bowl LIV Pre-Game Ceremony

Twitter wasn’t having it.

Maxim Staff

Feb 3, 2020

NFL taking OJ back pic.twitter.com/R0jBQWXV95

— DellyFact (@DellyFact) February 2, 2020

Super Bowls are huge TV events, often clocking hundreds of millions of viewers. That’s why it was inevitable that when someone slipped O.J. Simpson in the pre-game ceremony honoring the NFL’s centennial with the 100 greatest players of all time, it did not go unnoticed.

#NFL100 recognizes OJ Simpson in presentation, though he did not appear to be in Miami on the field. pic.twitter.com/HBecDEHBXB

— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) February 2, 2020

Simpson, who admittedly holds some major NFL records, is infamous.

If you’re the lone person who doesn’t know, we’ll remind you: In 1995 he was found not guilty of killing his ex, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her acquaintance Ron Goldman. He was later found guilty of the crime in civil court. Then, in 2008 he was found guilty of robbery in Nevada and he ended up spending nine years in jail before his release in 2017.

Simpson has even played with his image as an accused killer, at one point publishing a book titled If I Did It.

Suffice it to say the NFL has long been very, very quiet on the subject of O.J. in general, considering his rep. His ending up in the NFL 100 tribute was something of a shock, and outraged tweets reflected that.

Why didnt OJ Simpson make the cut to be on the field with the NFL 100? He had a killer career.#SuperBowl #SBLIV

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) February 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/JackInacker/status/1224108382237478913 https://twitter.com/rirby76/status/1224108026480775170 https://twitter.com/5five0oh4four/status/1224108625851047936 https://twitter.com/TylerAKing/status/1224108472167354368

How you gonna have OJ Simpson in that tribute but leave out “Broadway” Joe Namath!?!? Absolute madness pic.twitter.com/x9xekld6KS

— Burak Sezgin 🦖 (@Burakiosaurus) February 2, 2020

Simpson has a Twitter account with nearly a million followers, but as of 7 p.m. Sunday night he was silent regarding the honor.