"Post-Gazette" editors declined to publish the photo, looking for "action shots" instead, but Berman entered the image into contests where it took on a life of its own, winning a National Headliner Award. It is regarded as having changed the way that photographers look at sports, having shown the power of capturing a moment of reaction. It became one of three photos to hang in the lobby of the National Press Photographers Association headquarters, alongside "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" and the "Hindenburg" disaster. A copy has hung in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.