Rondé Barber Gets Bucs To Fix His Name
September 22nd, 2019
Would it surprise you to know the Bucs were spelling the name of a franchise icon incorrectly for years?
Of course not.
A fun and timely nugget here before Rondé Barber is added to the Buccaneers Ring of Honor at halftime today. For years the Bucs were spelling “Ronde” without the accent mark. And Barber finally put his foot down and got the record straight this year.
When his name is revealed today on the stadium facade, you will see the accent mark. Buccaneers.com began including the accent over the “e” consistently in recent months.
Barber was eager to get things straight so his name would not be forever enshrined spelled incorrectly.
This reminded Joe of when former head coach Greg Schiano didn’t make sure the Bucs were letting everyone know how to pronounce his name. Schiano rhymes with piano, but many fans and media said it differently. It was awfully odd for a coach who prided himself for being all over the details. Schiano said he didn’t care if people or players got it wrong.
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:16 pm
Happy for the guy! Great Buc and a fine human being!
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:32 pm
Good job Rondé! Welcome to the ring of honor!
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:33 pm
Rondé !!!
Get this man in the HOF Ira!
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:40 pm
I think Ronde!!!!!!!!!!!! is much more realistico.
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:44 pm
Ring of Honor today and hopefully the Hall of Fame someday. He deserves it, as do Lynch and Rice!
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:45 pm
Perhaps the most underrated defensive back in the history of the game. Number 20 deserves a bust in Canton.
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:49 pm
How embarrassing!!!!!!! They should take out ads to apologize!!!!!!!!!!! In my book the greatest Buc in history is Rhonde Barber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!!
September 22nd, 2019 at 3:50 pm
People will say he’s a system corner as if that’s a negative – which is what morons would say. He’s the best Tampa 2 corner ever at a time when that scheme was the most important, and imitated, scheme in football. That’s called a HOF career.
September 22nd, 2019 at 5:03 pm
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September 22nd, 2019 at 7:42 pm
Wait. Wait?
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:47 am
Kinda fascinating to make a thing of the accent mark, and then allow everyone to effectively ignore it .. I mean. It’s presence is an instruction to say the name as “Ron-DAY”, but even with the accent mark, everyone’s still saying “RON-day”
September 23rd, 2019 at 9:04 am
Such a shame the team crapped all over Ronde’s special day. He deserved better. We all deserved better.
September 23rd, 2019 at 9:54 am
What a horible franchize !