If you’ve been following the news cycle the last couple of days, you no doubt have come across the story of the Georgia memorabilia store that had been selling some photos in bad taste.
More Than Sports issued an apology on Facebook through its CEO, Nick Radosta, on Wednesday night because of two photos of the hit that knocked Marvin Harrison Jr. out of the game in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. It was signed by Georgia defensive back Javon Bullard who delivered the hit in the back of the end zone, and inscribed “Night Night.” Each photo had been going for $129.99 each.
And yeah, there was a lot of criticism and outrage at what many fans feel crossed the line of competition to celebrate a hit that knocked a player out and put him in concussion protocol.
But hey, if we report the story, then we have to give credit when someone comes back to own up to it, and that’s exactly what we have here. In a Facebook post Wednesday, Radosta wanted to let everyone know it was a lack of judgment. Here’s the apology thanks to a tweet from Eleven Warriors.
The Georgia memorabilia company behind the "Night Night" autographed photo released a statement saying they were pulling the item and donating existing proceeds to Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. pic.twitter.com/wlT86Ou7li
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) February 9, 2023
We won’t get into any of the reported news out there that this could have been a photo used without permission, but at least Radosta did the right thing here and admitted the mistake in trying to prophet off of this in the first place.
