This is the week of the pro football calendar in which Canton, Ohio, returns to its status as the center of all activity for our game.

It’s Hall of Fame week, beginning with a Thursday night dinner and culminating with the Hall of Fame game, always a sellout on national television.

I am personally looking forward to it not just because Floyd Little is getting inducted, but because to anyone that has had season tickets for a long time — and I became a season ticket holder in the early 1960′s, in addition to having worked here since 1978 — Floyd Little truly was “The Franchise,” and that’s not a nickname that ever leaves him.