The untruthful announcements were in regard to Pittsburgh Steelers’ safety Troy Polamalu attending the event at Blair County Ballpark.
The Altoona Curve has confirmed through the Steelers organization that no such arrangements were ever made with Mr. Polamalu by the Blue Mountain Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. Even in the aftermath of discovering these falsehoods, the Arthritis Walk scheduled for May 2 will take place.
“After giving the situation ample consideration, the Altoona Curve decided that even in light of the unfortunate actions of certain members of the foundation, it wouldn’t be fair for good-hearted, honest people who are looking forward to participating in the event be to be deprived based on the actions of those individuals,” Egan added.