Rename Ravens Stadium to John Unitas Memorial Stadium

[Sephy]

Link here
Don't care if you're a Ravens fan, or anyone else. Help memorialize John Unitas, the greatest ever by signing. Thank you.

 

[ElFenix]

no way, thats not his team playing there

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
no way, thats not his team playing there

yeah-- why Ravens stadium?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: ElFenix
no way, thats not his team playing there

yeah-- why Ravens stadium?

becuase you can't name the one in indianapolis for him because he didn't play there.

 

[Sephy]

Because he was Baltimore through and through, like Art Donovan et al.
John Unitas never played for Indianapolis, he played in Baltimore.
That's loyalty folks, and he is a Baltimore icon. He meant so much to the community.
No better honor.

 

[Red Dawn]

Yeah but Johnny U was a Colt, not a suck ass Raven.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Yeah but Johnny U was a Colt, not a suck ass Raven.

exactly.


and he did play for the chargers, though i don't know if they were in SD at the time.

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Yeah but Johnny U was a Colt, not a suck ass Raven.

hahaha

whatever happened to the actual stadium he played in?

 

[308nato]

Johnny U had a horsehoe on his helmet. Not a fricking bird.

BTW: Art Donovan rules.

 

[Linflas]

Johnny Unitas is on record as saying that as far as he is concerned the Colts could unretire #19 because he never played for the Indianoplace Colts. The way the Irsays treated both Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts fans is a disgrace.

 

[Sephy]

Johnny U was a BALTIMORE Colt. The former being the key.

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: Linflas
Johnny Unitas is on record as saying that as far as he is concerned the Colts could unretire #19 because he never played for the Indianoplace Colts. The way the Irsays treated both Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts fans is a disgrace.

he never played for the baltimore ravens either. maybe instead of renaming hte staduim, they just create a memorial or statue for him

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: ElFenix
no way, thats not his team playing there

yeah-- why Ravens stadium?

becuase you can't name the one in indianapolis for him because he didn't play there.

He didn't play for the Ravens either.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: Linflas
Johnny Unitas is on record as saying that as far as he is concerned the Colts could unretire #19 because he never played for the Indianoplace Colts. The way the Irsays treated both Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts fans is a disgrace.

he never played for the baltimore ravens either. maybe instead of renaming hte staduim, they just create a memorial or statue for him

I really don't know, I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. The City of Baltimore definitely needs to do something to honor the man, if it is naming the football stadium after him then that is good I guess. I just still recall exactly where and what I was doing when the news of the Colts slipping out under the cover of dawn in Mayflower moving vans came out and the pictures of the vans leaving the Owings Mills facilities. I still have some very hard feelings about the whole thing.

 

[BDawg]

Perhaps all of the ravens and colts players could get buzz cuts this week.

I'd love to see Edgerin James get his dreads cut.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: ElFenix
no way, thats not his team playing there

yeah-- why Ravens stadium?

becuase you can't name the one in indianapolis for him because he didn't play there.

He didn't play for the Ravens either.

which is why i'm against them naming the stadium his team never played in after him. sheesh, don't people read posts anymore?

 

[Lucky]

Holy crap there are like 300 signatures a minutes being added!

 

[philmacrevis]

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: Linflas
Johnny Unitas is on record as saying that as far as he is concerned the Colts could unretire #19 because he never played for the Indianoplace Colts. The way the Irsays treated both Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts fans is a disgrace.

he never played for the baltimore ravens either. maybe instead of renaming hte staduim, they just create a memorial or statue for him

They already have, it's due to be unvailed in October.

 

[cappsa]

Maybe they can name the new Colts stadium in Los Angeles after him when the team moves again.

Things make no sense in the NFL. They moved the Colts but left the name, but when the Browns moved they renamed them the Ravens and Cleveland got a new Browns. say what?

He played for the Colts franchise, not the Ravens/BrownsI franchise.

 

[Cyberian]

honor Mr. Unitas and his contribution to Baltimore in particular and Football in general

 

[tarheelmm]

Johnny U was at the Ravens games every week. He loved the fact that footbal was back in Baltimore. Johnny was a class guy and a class act. Something needs to be done to remember him.

 

[Red Dawn]

They should rename Ravens Stadium to Baltimore State Penitenciary.

 

[davestar]

I'm all for naming it after Johnny U. In fact, anything's better than Piss-in-it Stadium. (any other baltimoreans taken to calling it that? )