The Pro Football Hall of Infamy - Make your nominations
 

In a recent discussion, the esteemed member that we call "Katipan" brought up the concept of a Hall of Infamy for the NFL.

In a quick internet search, it appears that there is no official Hall of Infamy. That gives us a market opportunity to open one up, to be officially housed on this site. You, the members, will be the voters.

Here are the rules and bylaws of the Pro Football Hall of Infamy.

1. We elect exactly six new members each year. (Edit: 12 will be inducted in the inaugural year of the Hall.)

2. Membership criteria will be anyone who brought "shame, dishonor, disgust, or embarrassment" to the sport of professional football".* Each voter may decide what that term means to them.

* - English voters are welcome to substitute 'dishonour' for 'dishonor'.

3. Nominees can include players, coaches, administrators, owners, cheerleaders, fans, superfans, stadium designers, halftime performers, people who drop candy wrappers in stairwells, trainers, those people who run out with water bottles during breaks - anybody who fits Rule 2 above. The only rule is that they must be human, so you cannot nominate a cat that ran onto the field or an underinflated football or anything of that nature.

4. Nominees must not be inactive in professional football for at least five years to be eligible. So tom brady is not yet eligible.

5. Anyone in professional football is eligible, though of course none of us knows anything about the CFL, UFL, USFL, and other non-NFL leagues.

5. Each year, we will build a list of nominees. Nominees from the previous year will automatically be carried forward as long as they meet certain criteria, which will be determined once we see how Year 1 goes.

6. Each Chiefsplanet member will be allowed to nominate up to six people for per year in Year 1, and a smaller number TBD in future years. If more than six are nominated, the first six listed will be the ones chosen. (Edit: in the first year, members can nominate as many people as they deem appropriate.)

7. From the list of nominees, we will conduct a voting tournament to identify the six people who will be inducted each year.

8. (Edit - new rule.) If more than half of the top vote-getters are from one division, the lower vote-getters will not be inducted (in that year) and will be replaced by the highest vote-getters outside the division, in order to meet the induction figures described in Rule #1 and ensure that no more than half are from any one division.

9. (Edit - new rule.). In no year, including the inaugural year, will more than three players from one team be inducted. The assigned team will be the team that the player's infamy is MOST associated with, rather than any/all teams they were associated with.


With that said, nominations for the inaugural 2025 Hall of Infamy are now open. Post your nominees in the thread and I'll organize the voting tournament.

Lin Elliott, Matt Casshole, Steve Bono, Tyler Palko, Kendrick Lewis, and Orlando Scandrick.

Ed Elway, Mike Shanarat, Shannon Sharpe, Bill Romanowski, Alex Gibbs, Pat Bowlen

William bartee, Jonathan Baldwin, sabby piscatelli, Tyler palko, junior siavii, Tyson Jackson

Toney is a arguably a super bowl punt return away from also belonging on the list.

I will begin with my list of six nominees, in no particular order.

Bill Romanowski - Dirtiest player on the field in NFL history. Involved in drug stuff off the field. Framed his doctor. His wife is also an amazing jerk.

john elway - Attempted to destroy the integrity of the sport by undermining the annual draft process and forcing his way onto a stronger team. Also an overrated mediocre quarterback.

Rae Carruth - That wasn't a crime of passion. It was cold-blooded murder.

Ray Lewis - Yeah, there's the murder situation. But this person has the biggest ego in the history of the world. Completely non-self-aware and made up lies and excuses when Shields and Richardson dominated him. And he should get nominated for that spastic "dance" thing that he'd do before games if nothing else. Total embarrassment.

Archie Manning - I could put Eli here for avoiding the draft, but Archie is the guy who caused that whole thing. Helicopter parent who wasn't a great player and lives through his sons.

John Madden - Everything about the guy was gross, from his hair to his cigarettes to his sansabelt slacks to his blatant building of a team of extraordinarily dirty players. He was not an annoying old man who rambled endlessly about inane topics during games. He was the leader of a gang of villains and criminals.

Baldwin and Dorsey

Dee Ford.

The original Jokah...

Ben Davidson, Jack Tatum, Neil Smith, Greg Robinson, Barrelman, Josh McDaniels

I was going to nominate Josh McDaniels. :mad:

Jovan Belcher has to be a first ballot guy

Lawrence Phillips

Rod Smith (wife beater)
Sean Payton (pill head)
Condoleezza Rice (****ed Rick Upchurch and now owns the Donks)
Peyton Manning (gifted a Super Bowl win and cheated with HGH)
Tom Nalen (chop block cheap artist)
Aqib Talib (classless thug from KU)

Leonard Little
Henry Ruggs
OJ Simpson
Ray Lewis

1. OJ Simpson
2. Aaron Hernandez
3. Jovan Belcher
4. Rae Carruth
5. Jack Tatum

Paul Hackett, Jimmy Raye, Greg Robinson, Bob Sutton, and Dick Curl in the coaches wing.