For weeks now, there has been speculation that this year’s Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio would be canceled or rescheduled. The reason for the speculation comes from the fact that the owners and players have yet to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, meaning that the season is on hold until those negotiations are settled. The Hall of Fame Game between the Chicago Bears and the St. Louis Rams was supposed to be played on August 7.

Now, the speculation is over because it has been announced that the Hall of Fame is officially canceled. According to the Bears’ website, the team’s president and CEP Ted Phillips blamed the change on training camp. He said, “We were supposed to open camp on July 23. Obviously that’s not going to be the case any longer, so it made it difficult to prepare for that game. Because we have Richard Dent being enshrined, it’s disappointing from that standpoint but probably the most fair given the circumstances of the offseason that every team starts training camp on the same day.”

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