The Pro Football Hall of Infamy - Make your nominations

[Rain Man]

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.

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

Tom Brady
Mark Davis
The Chiefs Editorial Board

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut

Tom Brady
Mark Davis
The Chiefs Editorial Board

Brady is unfortunately not yet eligible. And as a clarification request, is the Editorial Board the KC Star Editorial Board?

[Rain Man]

One striking observation about the list so far is that the television era makes infamy much more widely known. I suspect that there were a lot of infamous players prior to 1950, but with no video evidence it's hard to keep their memories alive.

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Brady is unfortunately not yet eligible. And as a clarification request, is the Editorial Board the KC Star Editorial Board?

No. Clay's infamous article.

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

One striking observation about the list so far is that the television era makes infamy much more widely known. I suspect that there were a lot of infamous players prior to 1950, but with no video evidence it's hard to keep their memories alive.

The 1925 Pottsville Maroons.

For falsely claiming the 1925 NFL title.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut

No. Clay's infamous article.

Ah, okay. Got it.

[jjchieffan]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Carl is added. I won't add Lamar unless you formally nominate him.

No. I can't bring myself to nominate Lamar Hunt. Despite his loyalty to keep Peterson (not to mention Steadman) way too long was definitely frustrating. But not enough to overshadow his accomplishments and put him on this list.

[rfaulk34]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Dan Snyder
Scott Pioli
Art Modell probably

Well, if we're going there, Mike Brown deserves first ballot.

[RedinTexas]

Certainly there has to be a section for owners/media and such. I nominate Dan Snyder for the owners and Brooke Pryor for media.

[scho63]

Scott Norwood

[scho63]

JaMarcus Russell

[scho63]

Bill Romanowski

[scho63]

Percy Snow

[Ocotillo]

Fans
Dom Casual for starting that cesspool Orange Huddle

Taco John for starting and closing the Orange Lame

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

Originally Posted by scho63

JaMarcus Russell

Seconded