Why is the baseball field name Ripken stadium.

Sad, so sad. We cannot honor some hometown guys who made it big, by putting their family name on a Scoreboard??? Come on, Harford County. Such a shame and a waste!!! Try raising money. I wouldn’t help you out, when you cannot honor two hometown guys wanting to do something special for their alma mater! Shame on you Board of Ed!!!

Or… if the Henderson’s are/were so focused on “giving back to the community where they grew up, they shouldn’t be so focused on their name being on the board.

The Henderson’s suck… you suck, give back to the community and let it be. Do something nice for a change without seeking glory… what’s $20,000 dollars to you anyway… it’s nothing compared to the average citizen. Fans pay your paycheck. With out fans you’re nothing!

“The Harford County Board of Education rejected the scoreboard installation proposal based on the current advertising policy parameters.”

????

How did Coca-Cola get its name on the current scoreboard?

With all due respect on both sides in this matter, the scoreboard currently displays a quite large advertisement reading “Enjoy Coca-Cola” on it as big as it says the school’s name. Personally I think if someone is going to replace the rusted fences, the tattered signs, scoreboard, and fix whatever other issues you have on your school’s field, how about removing the unhealthy soda pop sign, and honoring the 2 brothers DONATING tens of thousands into possibly hundreds of thousands to you and your students as well as fans, rules can be changed you know? There is no advertisement in a name, just knowledge that the donators do not play for your home NFL team, and personally I find it very unfair to the kids in this entire school district that this would even be an issue.

And as far as The Ripken Family goes, I think they already have already been honored with a minor league field with their name on it in the same exact town. Ripken Stadium home of The Aberdeen IronBirds. Also, as far as I am aware, I do not think the Ripkens are donating a new field to Aberdeen High School.

Correct me if I am wrong but isn’t C. Milton Wright High School named after someone???

[...] missing and the paint is dull and drab. So Minnesota Vikings (and brothers) E.J. and Erin Henderson forked over $20,000 of the $50,000 needed to make the repairs. The Henderson boys played for Aberdeen and feel a sense of loyalty to their [...]

c-milton was also built before our current super was in office or whatever(I don’t like him personally but that’s just me I liked the other one before him )
and ripken little leauge filed isn’t a little leauge field they just hold the little leauge world series there .Havre De grace and someother city(who I can’t remember they just joined a few yrs ago) have the only little leauges in the county (true fact lol) plus little leauge fields aren’t SCHOOL property
and coke isn’t a FAMILY name it says that the policy states that family names can’t be on public SCHOOL property
I don’t disagree with you at all with the coke thing it’s stupid
I was just correcting you

smdh…havre de grace high schools feild is named james harris stadium or something like that, so whats wrong with naming aberdeens feilds after these 2 brothers? i mean really whats the prob? school board says they will get corporate sponsers,r they not gonna want there name on te fi\eild or on whatever they finance…again in havre de grace isnt the company name of cytech on there scoreboard?

[...] Vikings linebackers (and brothers) Erin and E.J. Henderson thought they were doing a good deed when they offered to donate money to repair the scoreboard at their high school’s football field, but they and many others were left disappointed when the offer was rejected. [...]

[...] However, as part of Maryland law, no family name can be placed upon public school property as reported by CBS Baltimore. [...]

[...] missing and the paint is dull and drab. So Minnesota Vikings (and brothers) E.J. and Erin Henderson forked over $20,000 of the $50,000 needed to make the repairs. The Henderson boys played for Aberdeen and feel a sense of loyalty to their [...]

[...] and the paint is dull and drab. So Minnesota Vikings (and brothers) E.J. and Erin Henderson forked over $20,000 of the $50,000 needed to make the repairs. The Henderson boys played for Aberdeen and feel a sense of loyalty to their [...]

what do you know. they looked the gift horse in the mouth and turned it away to help the school. In all the places I have been Peoples names are on everything they donate for. Example, in Colorado Springs at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. They were building a wolf enclosure. They sold bricks with the name of the person that donated. The brick then was faced building or bricked floor with the names. So what the heck. Two football players that earn more money than most of us ever will. They want to improve the field and all they wanted was a place for their name, The Alumni giving back to where they got their start. Sheesh. Maybe the school administers are too full of pride to accept a “handout”. What a crazy move.

I WONDER IF ALL THE TEACHERS, COACHES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO PLAYED A ROLE IN THE HENDERSONS’ SUCCESS ARE ASKING FOR NAMING RIGHTS? THE HENDERSONS SHOULD GIVE UNCONDITIONALLY SIMILARLY TO THOSE WHO GAVE UNCONDITIONALLY TO THEM

We finally get some NFL players who want to give back to the community where they were raised and they get slapped on the face by a technicality. OK for Coke of Pepsi to have their name on the high school score board but not high school alumni. Truly idiotic!!

Joe Paterno’s name is on a school library. I have no problem with that either. Weinberg eye clinic. No problem. Ripken stadium. No problem.

[...] and the paint is dull and drab. So Minnesota Vikings (and brothers) E.J. and Erin Henderson forked over $20,000 of the $50,000 needed to make the repairs. The Henderson boys played for Aberdeen and feel a sense of loyalty to their [...]

But it’s OK that on the old one the local CBS affiliate has the CBS logo on it. It’s all politics, And there’s nothing more I hate than Politics.

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Personally, i think the two parties are caught up in foolishness. The Hendrrsons are showing a distinct lack of character in their insistence that the school advertise their names on the board and the school board is displaying their lack of flexibility. I mean, really? A bunch of adults that can’t sit down and come up with a compromise that feeds the athlete’s egos while maintaining policy standards? Really? I bet that the people in this forum could come up with something in 10 minutes!

Here’s an idea, why don’t they come up with an extracurricular mural project where the students can honor all of the people who have contributed to the school and the success of the students? Or the school could develop a program where outstanding alumni that have given something back to the school are honored in a special place within the school?….kind of like the athletes trophy case. Just some thoughts.

I bet the kids could figure this out. Great (not really) example adults.

All of you including those two jitterbugs the Henderson’s can go fuc yourselves. It’s all about the money & publicity.

i mean it seems like they want the fame that comes with charity. They did a good thing and want to be acknowledged for it. your already famous. What good would having your name on a score board do?