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FILE- In this Sept. 1, 2012, file photo, family members of Junior Seau including his mother Luisa Seau, far left, and his father Tiaina Seau, third from left, stand during a ceremony to honor the former Southern California player during the first half of an NCAA college football game between Hawaii and Southern California in Los Angeles. The family of the late Junior Seau will not disrupt the Hall of Fame ceremonies on Aug. 8, 2015, despite their disagreement with a policy preventing live remarks during a posthumous induction. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) FILE- In this Sept. 1, 2012, file photo, family members of Junior Seau including his mother Luisa Seau, far left, and his father Tiaina Seau, third from left, stand during a ceremony to honor the former Southern California player during the first half of an NCAA college football game between Hawaii and Southern California in Los Angeles. The family of the late Junior Seau will not disrupt the Hall of Fame ceremonies on Aug. 8, 2015, despite their disagreement with a policy preventing live remarks during a posthumous induction. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

By Jay Greeson July 28, 2015 6 min read

NFL Hall of Fame

The NFL finds itself in another public relations mishap. Yeah, who could have guessed, right?

Despite not being able to get out of its way, the NFL continues to be a monster monolith in pop culture.

The family of Junior Seau was told this week that they would not be able to speak at his induction ceremony this weekend.

FILE–In this Nov. 27, 2011, file photo, former San Diego Charger Junior Seau stands with his daughter, Sydney, at his induction into the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame, during halftime of an NFL football game in San Diego. Sydney Seau will not be commenting on her father entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame during the Aug. 8 inductions. Citing previous policies on posthumous inductions, the Hall has barred Sydney Seau from making a speech. Seau, who committed suicide in 2012, is one of seven men being inducted this year. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

The Pro Football Hall of Fame enacted a rule five years ago that family members of dead inductees could not speak. That rule stinks at its center.