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The Problems with HOF Voting
After listening to Rob Long's interview with the Cincinnati Enquirer's Joe Reedy on Tuesday morning, I think we all got a reality check. Reedy, along with more than forty other journalists, is a Pro Football Hall of Fame voter. The voting for the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, has become almost all about politics. Reedy chatted about how certain players fall on different years and about how getting inducted in your first year of eligibility has some type of clout. He said that Bills Owner Ralph Wilson was only inducted in 2009 because it was the 50th Anniversary of the AFL, also stating that he did not think former Ravens Owner Art Modell would be inducted unless there is some type of exception. Therein lies the problem: folks are being inducted solely because of special occasions, not because of accomplishments. If the current members of the HOF were the voters, would there really be that much consideration for special occasions? Or Favors? Or hometown allegiances? I doubt it. Politics should be left in DC. It should not be part of the discussion on a sports talk show when deserving athletes like Shannon Sharpe, Tim Brown, Cris Carter, and Andre Reed are denied entrance to Canton in favor of Floyd Little, whose numbers have not changed in the 29 years since he was first eligible. Let it be noted: no disrespect to Mr. Little, the seventh leading rusher in NFL history. When one is inducted in his first year of eligibility, it should not be equated to some "God-Like" status. If Little was inducted at the right time, instead of being held back for 29 years, maybe I would feel a little better about him getting in. That's why the National Football League needs to take action to change the politicking that goes into voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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