New Pro Football of Famer Randy Moss said he's had 150 to 200 hateful messages for wearing a tie at last Saturday's HOF induction that had gold-stitched names of 12 black men and women killed by police or who died in police custody in recent years.
Moss, father of LSU tight end Thaddeus Moss, told The Undefeated's Jason Reid that while more than 20 NFL and NBA players contacted him in support, there was the usual racial fallout.
"The black community praised me and thanked me for shedding light on African-Americans dying," Moss told Reid. "Then on the flip side, you've got sites where people are slamming me, saying 'Hey, n---, stay in your place.