sjboyd0137 wrote:
I agree with Bach and Kerr, but the majority of the time, they are on the ball-of course that leads to 12 people getting inducted. Hockey is really the one I think of, especially with the waiving tradition or waiting periods for shoe-ins like Gretzky and Lemiux.
They changed that rule so they will no longer waive the waiting period unless it is for "certain humanitarian circumstances", (i.e., the guy's gonna die in 6 months so we might as well let him in now.) See
http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/ind02facts.htmHockey Hall of Fame wrote:
Paragraph 19: The Hockey Hall of Fame Selection Committee, by an affirmative vote of at least three quarters of the members thereof present and voting at a duly convened meeting, or by a written resolution signed by all of the members thereof, may, in its discretion, eliminate the 3-year waiting period referred to in either of paragraphs 16 and 18 in respect of any particular candidate who, by reason of grave or terminal illness or injury, is not expected to survive the waiting period. A candidate to whom this paragraph 19 applies may be nominated by a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame Selection Committee at any time and the deadline for nominations contained in paragraph 22 hereof shall not apply to any such candidate.