On a memorable summer afternoon in early August, Ronde Barber and eight other legends were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. For many, like the Barber family, it’s a day they’ll celebrate forever. But for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, it’s a day they’ll never forget due to their monumental mistake.
Ronde and Tiki Barber are identical twins born seven minutes apart. But once they took to the gridiron, the individualities couldn’t be more different.
Tiki, the all-purpose running back who found joy in fumbling the Giants’ Super Bowl chances away, and Ronde, the hard-hitting cornerback who actually did have what it takes to win a Lombardi Trophy, led quite different NFL careers.
Playing his entire 16-year career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Ronde Barber earned three first-team All-Pro selections and was named to the Pro Bowl five times. He led the NFL with ten interceptions in 2001 and retired as the league’s active leader in defensive touchdowns with 14. Barber had a fantastic career, one that rightfully earned him a gold jacket and a bronze bust in Canton.
Meanwhile, Tiki Barber played ten seasons, all with the New York Giants, earning first-team All-Pro honors just once while making three Pro Bowl rosters. Oddly enough, Tiki walked away from the Giants and the game he loved at the age of 31, coming off a Pro Bowl season. It was just what the G-Men needed, and they proved it by winning Super Bowl XLII the very next year.
Both Barber twins were good, some might say great at football. Yet, there’s no denying the fact that Ronde belongs in the Hall of Fame and Tiki does not. That was the plan, but unfortunately, the folks in Canton had one job, and they completely botched it.
Instead of making Ronde Barber a Hall of Fame inductee, they accidentally made Tiki’s bronze bust instead. Given a chance to fix the glaring issue, an executive decision was made not to, hoping no one would notice since they’re twins. But they were very, very wrong.
A Fly On The Ball has an intuition like no other and went to Canton to get the full scoop from the only source we could actually trust; The bronze busts themselves.
As the late, great John Madden revealed, the busts talk to each other once the lights go out at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The legendary list of inductees in that building knew who they were dealing with as soon as Barber’s bust entered the picture; A fraud.
Not only did the busts in Canton quickly realize they were in the company of the wrong Barber, they refused to even acknowledge this Hall of Fame imposter.
Now, every morning when the janitor custodian opens the facility, they always find Barber’s bronze bust in the same place, either next to the exit sign or in the trash can nearby.
It’s gotten to the point where the custodians have to include this menial job as part of their morning checklist, putting Barber’s bust back where some believe it belongs. Little do they know, the busts have already sorted this issue out amongst themselves.
You may be able to visit Barber’s bust in Canton, but unless you can talk to it or hear from the rightful inductees once the lights go out, you’ll never see the real Ronde Barber in Canton, where he belongs.
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