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rpr52121 · 07-09-2019, 10:49 AM

(07-09-2019, 10:20 AM)Bullseye Wrote: Per PFT, there is a proposal to expand the HOF class to TWENTY to clear a backlog of senior candidates.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...hall-case/

While the article focuses on Ken Anderson, this may impact Boselli's HOF candidacy as well.

If Boselli was a finalist last time, with a class of 20, he SHOULD be a shoe in. He is certainly deserving under any sensible analysis.

Yet I get the nagging sense that even with an expanded class, the voters will engage in all sorts of logical contortionism to once again exclude him.

Then there will be the inevitable nonsense that would come with being admitted in such an abnormally large class. Rightly or wrongly, there will be some who will argue many in that class were not truly deserving.. There's also the matter of inductees not getting the same moment in the spotlight other inductees received in the past.

Of course there's no guarantee the expansion will be approved, and Boselli being in is better than not. Nevertheless, an expansion would have potentially negative repercussions for Boselli's induction.

Thoughts?

From what I heard on the proposal, the extra slots are really only for the Senior players, coaches, and other contributors. The modern era player HOF class would still only be 5. In that case, it would not really affect Boselli.