Former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens has been in the news a lot lately. The former San Francisco 49ers star has finally been selected to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but of course, Owens isn't going into the elite club without creating some controversy.
In an unusual twist, Owens won't be attending the enshrinement ceremony next month with other notable players from his era like Brian Urlacher, Randy Moss, Ray Lewis, and Brian Dawkins. This decision not to show for the enshrinement has created a lot of debate with plenty of criticism being sent in his direction, and now he's revealed why he made the decision answering a question on Twitter.
I'm SO HAPPY for JERRY!! U shouldn't have had to wait that damn long either! I'm doing this for guys like him. Past, present and the future. https://t.co/z92XZGeXAn
— Terrell Owens (@terrellowens) July 15, 2018
With Owens making a statement by declining the invitation to show up for his Hall of Fame enshrinement, it'll be interesting to see if others follow his lead in the future. He isn't the first player to have to wait for his opportunity to be called a Hall of Famer officially, and he definitely won't be the last.
Owens, however, is arguably in the conversation for one of the greatest wide receivers of all time. An argument could be made that only fellow San Francisco 49ers legend Jerry Rice sits ahead of him for that distinction as the greatest ever to play the position in the NFL. The fact that Terrell Owens had to wait as long as he did is a shame, but most believe it wasn't his production on the field that he was being judged by but rather all the other distractions off the field.
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