Chris Carter on Art Monk and Hall of Fame Denial

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by Wanga Skins

Isn't Carter up for election now along with Monk? If so do you think he is trying to build a case against Monk to make himself look better?

Wanga - you are correct - Carter and Tim Brown are both coming up so the WR vote is getting crowded again. Here is a post from Rick Gosselin of the Dallas News who is a HOF voter....

"Rick Gosselin: The wide receiver queue is getting jammed up now with Monk and Andre Reed already there and both Cris Carter and Tim Brown soon to enter. We’ve had lively discussions about Monk and he’s been close. I think we as committee are having a difficult time defining what a Hall of Fame receiver is. Is it statistics? Is it championships? Is it impact? Monk played on three Super Bowl championship teams and wasn’t a Pro Bowl receiver in any of those three seasons. Yet the Redskins had a Pro Bowl wide receiver in each of those three seasons – Charlie Brown in 1982 and Gary Clark in both 1987 and 1991. I can’t imagine the Cowboys winning a Super Bowl in the 1990s without Michael Irvin as their go-to guy and Pro Bowl wide receiver."

So basically the HOF voters don't even know the parameters on which to vote on and this has become a glorified popularity contest that gets media friendly players in the door first. since Monk did not do a lot of interviews and wasn't a media guy he gets unfairly punished.

Here is a link to anyone ever interested in Art Monk and the HOF and updates to any events relating to this. Hopefully the HOF voting committee will get its head out of the sand and vote him in....

The Art Monk Hall of Fame Campaign