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.

[irafreak]

No mention of colin kapernick?

[jjchieffan]

Originally Posted by Ocotillo

Since there's not enough Donkeys on the nominee list

Travis Henry (drug dealer)
George Foster (broke a Bengals lineman's leg on MNF)
Dan Neil (broke a former teammate's leg with a chop block)
Randy Gradishar (for starting the Promise Keepers)
Dale Carter (traitor scum)
Emmanuel Sanders (backstabbed the Chiefs)

I'm just curious why you listed Dale Carter as traitor scum but not Neil Smith? Carter was done and didn't do squat for the Cheating Donks. Neil Smith OTOH helped them to a Superbowl and had the nerve to use his George Brett tribute celebration when sacking Chiefs quarterbacks. Screw him. He goes on the list waaaaay above Dale Carter.

[Ocotillo]

Originally Posted by jjchieffan

I'm just curious why you listed Dale Carter as traitor scum but not Neil Smith? Carter was done and didn't do squat for the Cheating Donks. Neil Smith OTOH helped them to a Superbowl and had the nerve to use his George Brett tribute celebration when sacking Chiefs quarterbacks. Screw him. He goes on the list waaaaay above Dale Carter.

Because I already nominated Neil Smith in post 8.

https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showpost...09&postcount=8

[Buehler445]

It took too long for Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards and Scott Franchise Killer Pioli to get mentioned.

Here’s my 6
Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards
Scott Franchise Killer Pioli
Jim Irsay
Dan Snyder
Art Modell
Jimmy Haslem or Shad Khan. Take your pick.

[Jamie]

Looking back over this, I think a lot of the nominees (including my own) are more people Chiefs fans hate than nominees that make sense for a Hall of Infamy as described in the OP. There is quite a gulf between guys we hate because they were bad at football and actual murderers and rapists.

Speaking of which, we probably have to include Jim Tyrer here.

[big nasty kcnut]

I almost forgot Alex karras

[George Liquor]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

It took too long for Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards and Scott Franchise Killer Pioli to get mentioned.

Here’s my 6
Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards
Scott Franchise Killer Pioli
Jim Irsay
Dan Snyder
Art Modell
Jimmy Haslem or Shad Khan. Take your pick.

I was waiting for this post and it didn't disappoint me!

[kysirsoze]

Originally Posted by wazu

Re-thinking this. I think you're onto something here. Instead of AFC West, though, we could say something like "no more than 3 players from any single team per year". Or we could just use your "half" idea and say from any division.

I'd like to see both of these rules implemented. We have plenty of threads on here bemoaning the evil of the Denver Broncos. This deserves to be something more.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

I'd like to see both of these rules implemented. We have plenty of threads on here bemoaning the evil of the Denver Broncos. This deserves to be something more.

Agree, adopting both is the way. We need to insulate as much as possible from people who want to make this Hall entirely Broncos and Chiefs. It's already going to carry a strong bias against both teams. And yes I say bias against the Chiefs because the first three pages are full of people noting every Chiefs player/coach/GM/anything that has ever let them down.

[ThrobProng]

Al Davis should be the first inductee. Hell, his name should be on the building.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by wazu

Agree, adopting both is the way. We need to insulate as much as possible from people who want to make this Hall entirely Broncos and Chiefs. It's already going to carry a strong bias against both teams. And yes I say bias against the Chiefs because the first three pages are full of people noting every Chiefs player/coach/GM/anything that has ever let them down.

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

I'd like to see both of these rules implemented. We have plenty of threads on here bemoaning the evil of the Denver Broncos. This deserves to be something more.

Okay, I added Rule #8 above as an amendment.

Kysirsoze, what's the second rule you're suggesting? I wasn't sure from the context.

[Buddy Rich]

Originally Posted by ThrobProng

Al Davis should be the first inductee. Hell, his name should be on the building.

Your rabid antisemitism is inspiring!

[ThrobProng]

Originally Posted by Buddy Rich

Your rabid antisemitism is inspiring!

"Being a Jew" doesn't even make the list of shitty things about Al Davis.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Okay, I added Rule #8 above as an amendment.

Kysirsoze, what's the second rule you're suggesting? I wasn't sure from the context.

I think this:

1. No more than half of a class can be from the same division
2. No more than three players per class can be from the same team

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by wazu

I think this:

1. No more than half of a class can be from the same division
2. No more than three players per class can be from the same team

Ah. So the second rule would only apply to the inaugural year, then. In future years, the second rule would always be satisfied by the first rule.

I added new Rule 9, and also clarified what an assigned team. We wouldn't want ... wait, hang on. I'm going to amend it again. This rule could actually cause some controversy at some point, though. Is Dale Carter counted as a Chief or a bronco, for example.