SBTV hosts Branson Wright and Chuck Yarborough debate the issue and the reader reaction in the wake of Jim Brown's decision to boycott the Sept. 19 Browns Ring of Honor ceremony.
View full sizeJim Brown and Mike Holmgren appeared a bit friendlier in a January 2010 meeting.
Cleveland, Ohio -- Jim Brown's refusal to participate in the Sept. 19 Ring of Honor ceremony over what the Browns legend feels is a slap in the face by President Mike Holmgren is bound to trigger a flurry of arguments.
Holmgren wanted Brown to take a $100,000 position with the team that the legendary running back said turned him into "a mascot" rather than the "executive adviser" to owner Randy Lerner. Brown balked, in the form of a letter to Holmgren that has raised tempers on both sides, according to a report from Plain Dealer reporter Tony Grossi.
Online comments on stories like Grossi's and a piece from PD columnist Bill Livingston, and polls about the exchange and Brown's decision are numbering in the hundreds, if not thousands. In a cleveland.com poll, 90 percent of the voters disagreed with Brown's choice to boycott the ceremony. Some called it a shot at the organization.
But there is another side, those who feel that Brown was sticking to the principles by which he's lived his entire life. He's his own man, makes his own decisions and lives with the consequences.
Starting Blocks hosts Branson Wright and Chuck Yarborough argue the opposing sides in this special edition of Starting Blocks TV.
We encourage you to add your voice to this debate.