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.