Posted by bambi2godzilla on 8/2/2007, 11:43 am Nancy Gay of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that on the public reaction to the death of Hall of Fame 49ers coach Bill Walsh, and she throws out a great idea: Fans and admirers of Walsh are eager to see "The Genius" appropriately honored for his achievements on and off the football field. Numerous readers have suggested the 49ers name their planned new stadium after Walsh. It's a great idea. Except the 49ers - like every professional sports franchise trying to fund a stadium project - are banking on millions of corporate dollars gleaned from naming rights. No, it'll never happen, but it should, and Gay overstates things a little when she says "every professional sports franchise" uses corporate bucks. A few NFL owners have managed to avoid the lure of corporate cash: Bengals owner Mike Brown named his stadium after his father, Hall of Fame coach Paul Brown; Bills owner Ralph Wilson named his stadium after himself; Browns owner Randy Lerner sticks with the name Cleveland Browns Stadium. Naming the 49ers' new stadium after Walsh would be a wonderful tribute.
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Name It Bill Walsh Stadium
Michael David SmithAOL Sportsblog
August 2, 2007
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