You may have heard by now that a statue that once stood near Franklin Street is no longer up. This piece isn’t about the merits of that action. There are other places for that to be discussed. We choose instead to look forward, not backward.
One of the bigger topics on Twitter soon after everything happened was what, if anything, should be erected in the now-vacant space, and the vast majority of those who opined had a transformative sports star they wanted there.
It got me thinking: this is really a topic worth debating? Also, it’d be nice to have some hard numbers to back up who the community at large feels should replace the now vacant spot.