Friday, August 7, 2009

NFL Hall of Fame

So I am sitting at home watching the NFL Network, and the program they have on is the top 10 players not to be inducted into the Hall of Fame which is a pretty good list. Some highlights include Andre Reed, Steve Tasker, Cris Carter, Shannon Sharpe, Jerry Kramer and Ken Stabler just to name a few. And while i was watching it got me to thinking, that some voters are the biggest idiots every. Just some of the reasons they gave for not voting for certain people just didn't make any sense to me. For Instance another name on the list was Ricky Waters, over 10,000 rushing yards over 4,000 receiving yards 91 TDs and because he was a loud mouth and he made one stupid comment many guys will never vote for him. And that comment was when he short armed a pass he could've caught and then asked about it after the game why he didn't extend his arms he said 'for who for what'. Granted it was stupid to say that but you shouldn't keep him out of the Hall because of one comment. Cris Carter is another one that make you scratch your head. One reason a voter gave on the show was that they didn't want to vote 2 WR in they same year, are you kidding me. Who cares if all the inductees that year is one position if they are hall of famers they are hall of famers. Another thing about Cris Carter they said is it should be hard to get in on the first try, basically saying if aren't a player like Unitas, Montana, Elway, etc. you should not get in the first year. Some of these voters need to be smacked in the head to me it seems like they try to make arguments not to put people in the Hall. Also personal vendettas should not be a reason to keep someone out. They should not keep guys out because he was a jerk lots of people are jerks that doesn't mean they aren't Hall of famers. I think you would have less controversies if former players voted for the Hall and not a bunch of writers who probably never picked up a ball in their life. I know eventually most of these guys will get in but the thought process is the thing that should change.

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