2005 NFL Hall of Fame Inductee's

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Gmanc711:

Being biased is part of being human. You are biased in favor or Art Monk because he was a Redskin; that's not bad; it's just a fact.

Media folks will tend to have a bias against Monk because he was not helpful to them; that's not bad; it's just a fact.


Sklinsfan 44:

The NFL has nothing to say about who gets into the HoF just as the other sports have no say about who gets into their Halls of Fame. And if they did, think of all the blackballing that would go on because of what some player or his agent did vis a vis his owner or ownership in general. Remember, Reggie White sued the NFL and his lawsuit is the one that established free agency. Owners might not think nearly as much of Reggie White as fans or writers/broadcasters do with reagerd to HoF membership. And let's be very clear here; no matter who he played for, Reggie White belongs in the HoF the minute he is eligible because he was unquestionably the best DE of all time and maybe the best DL of all time.


Monk-fan:

You are absolutely right. Art Monk does not have to apologize to anyone about anything. He did nothing wrong. But if HE wants to get into the HoF sooner as opposed to later, he'll try to mend fences. If he doesn't do that, you need to start to put a small part of the blame on him for his being outside and not inside. He could make this happen if it were important enough to HIM.

On the other hand, I'm certain that Art Monk does not care one whit whether or not you are offended by the vote of the committee and I'm equally certain that the committee is not concerned with your degree of upset either.

If you were to succeed in getting up a sufficiently wide boycott for SI that would make them sit up and take notice (probability is about 0.000001), be sure to let them know what it will take for you and all your friends to resubscribe and then send in your money because otherwise, they will write you off as a loss and move on to try to capture a different demographic. Canceling a subscription is one thing; but if you want them to change, you have to show them that you can deliver them even more readers than they used to have once they change. How might you do that?

For the record, I was an SI subscriber from 1960 until about 1992 and then I dumped it. I dumped it because the mag was not nearly as good as it once was - and when I read it once in a while now, it still isn't nearly worth the price of a subscription. So, don't tell them I'll be a new subscriber if they help put Art Monk in the HoF because that won't make SI stink any the less.