Since I've been on a rampage against the Baseball Hall of Fame election process I figured I owe the NFL Hall of Fame a little equal time. I just read the following:
“A 39-member panel will vote on the finalists. A candidate must get 80 percent of the vote to be elected with a minimum of three and a maximum of six getting in. If fewer than three get 80 percent, the candidate with the next highest percentage will be elected.”
Again, how can any hall of fame have mandatory minimums on the number of entrants in a year? How can it have mandatory maximums? The NFL, which is by and large a more intelligently-run organization than Major League Baseball, has to realize how silly a rule this is. If only two former players are deemed worthy enough to make it into Canton, the rule says that the best of the undeserving belongs? How does it make sense to immortalize someone on a charity vote?
I’m really perplexed by how hall of fame voters in each sport justify this sort of nonsense.
“A 39-member panel will vote on the finalists. A candidate must get 80 percent of the vote to be elected with a minimum of three and a maximum of six getting in. If fewer than three get 80 percent, the candidate with the next highest percentage will be elected.”
Again, how can any hall of fame have mandatory minimums on the number of entrants in a year? How can it have mandatory maximums? The NFL, which is by and large a more intelligently-run organization than Major League Baseball, has to realize how silly a rule this is. If only two former players are deemed worthy enough to make it into Canton, the rule says that the best of the undeserving belongs? How does it make sense to immortalize someone on a charity vote?
I’m really perplexed by how hall of fame voters in each sport justify this sort of nonsense.
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