Cris Carter, Charles Haley, Ed "Too Tall” Jones, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith are Named to the Inaugural Fan’s Choice Hall of Fame Class of 2010

Football fans from across the country have spoken. After nearly 1.5 million votes, the fans have selected Cris Carter, Charles Haley, Ed "Too Tall” Jones, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith for the inaugural Van Heusen Pro Football Hall of Fame Fan’s Choice Class of 2010. The Fan’s Choice Class of 2010 was announced live today on the NFL Network from Florida.

The fans and the Board of Selectors agreed on Rice and Smith, yet differed on the Selectors remaining choices of Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson and John Randle. Since September, fans have voted in a process that mirrors that of the Hall of Fame Board of Selectors. While the Board of Selectors had the final say as to who would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2010, this marks the first time any Hall of Fame has provided fans with a unique platform for a national opinion poll.

"We want to applaud the fans who rallied behind their favorite players and spoke up about who they felt most deserving of the Hall of Fame honor,” said Allen Sirkin, President and Chief Operating Officer of Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation. "It was exciting to see the passion, the debate and ultimately the decision by the fans in this first–ever campaign and how it compared to the Board of Selectors’ decision.”

The Fan’s Choice Campaign provided fans the first-ever dedicated forum to debate, discuss and voice their choice for who they believe should be a part of the Class of 2010 at www.fanschoice.com. The campaign was a partnership among The Pro Football Hall of Fame Enterprises, Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation [NYSE:PVH] and J.C. Penney Company Inc. [NYSE: JCP]. The collective Fan’s Choice vote was observed by the accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP.

Fan’s Choice Class member Ed "Too Tall” Jones, who retired from the game in 1990 and has been considered by the Board of Selectors for the last 15 years, noted "I’m so blessed and honored that the fans remembered and voted for me. It’s great to be recognized like this by the fans.”

"The fans have been heard loud and clear this season,” said George Veras, President of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enterprise, which represents all the Pro Football Hall of Famers for this program. "This is a big moment for football fans across the country, we gave them a platform and they came out in droves to support the candidates they felt most deserving.”

The Fan’s Choice campaign received widespread support from fans, as well as Hall of Famers throughout the season, including campaign spokesman Steve Young along with Dick Butkus, John Elway, John Hannah, Mike Haynes, Gale Sayers Bart Starr, Lynn Swann, Harry Carson, Andre Tippett and Gary Zimmerman, among others. These Hall of Famers shared their thoughts on the Class of 2010 and met thousands of fans at Fan’s Choice tour stops in Chicago, New England, Green Bay, Denver and New York.

About Pro Football Hall of Fame

The Mission of THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME is to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to professional football; to preserve professional football`s historic documents and artifacts; to educate the public regarding the origin, development and growth of professional football as an important part of American culture; to promote the positive values of the sport.

About Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation

Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation is one of the world’s largest apparel companies. It owns and markets the Calvin Klein brand worldwide. It is the world’s largest shirt and neckwear company and markets a variety of goods under its own brands, Van Heusen, Calvin Klein, IZOD, ARROW, Bass and G.H. Bass & Co., and its licensed brands, including Geoffrey Beene, Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, unlisted, A Kenneth Cole Production, MICHAEL Michael Kors, Sean John, Chaps, Donald J. Trump Signature Collection, JOE Joseph Abboud, Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY and Timberland. Visit www.pvh.com.

About JCPenney

JCPenney is one of America's leading retailers, operating 1,106 department stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as one of the largest apparel and home furnishing sites on the Internet, jcp.com, and the nation's largest general merchandise catalog business. Through these integrated channels, JCPenney offers a wide array of national, private and exclusive brands which reflect the Company's commitment to providing customers with style and quality at a smart price. Traded as "JCP" on the New York Stock Exchange, the Company posted revenue of $18.5 billion in 2008 and is executing its strategic plan to be the growth leader in the retail industry. Key to this strategy is JCPenney's "Every Day Matters" brand positioning, intended to generate deeper, more emotionally driven relationships with customers by fully engaging the Company's approximately 150,000 Associates to offer encouragement, provide ideas and inspire customers every time they shop with JCPenney.