It seems to me, down the corridor of years, we have put former student-athletes into the
Hall of Fame that maybe didn’t qualify for HOF admittance. That we nominated someone just to fill some quota. And maybe I’m wrong, but perhaps we need to adjust what qualifies as a HOF nominee. In light of the “one and done” we’re seeing now, maybe 2 or 3 years attendance should be required. Maybe a degree. But maybe, being the best nationally should be enough. Why must we nominate 6 each year ? Why not 2 or 4 or 8 ? I dunno.
I’m certainly glad we stopped “retiring” numbers. I’d like to see Retired number athletes or their family, “return” the retired number and issue it to a contemporary player worthy or carrying that number’s tradition.