Number of Candidates Per Ballot
Apr 22, 2007 17:36:40 GMT -5
Post by LWPD on Apr 22, 2007 17:36:40 GMT -5
The number of eligible candidates on the four ballots came out slightly uneven in number because more eligible candidates exist from the earlier years (due to the five year retirement requirement). The numbers stand between a high of 46 and a low of 40.
I see the different numbers as manageable if they are guided by a rule of equal percentage...if the voters of the BBWAA can work with variance I don't see why this community couldn't either. Yet this issue should and does require a community vote and that is why a poll is being created.
Let me say at the outset that the alternative approach would cause candidates to be shifted from one ballot era to another in order to equalize the number of eligible candidates in each era. While the benefit is that there would be a uniform (or near uniform) number of candidates on each ballot...it would come at the expense of the 'shifted candidates' no longer being judged among their peers. In other words it creates a tampering effect that alters their entire candidacy.
As it concerns the Final Ballot phase...should for example some of the wrestlers from Early Classics be moved into the 2087-2090 period to create a uniform number of votes per ballot? Or should measurement against peers be the guideline?
Vote and decide fate...
I see the different numbers as manageable if they are guided by a rule of equal percentage...if the voters of the BBWAA can work with variance I don't see why this community couldn't either. Yet this issue should and does require a community vote and that is why a poll is being created.
Let me say at the outset that the alternative approach would cause candidates to be shifted from one ballot era to another in order to equalize the number of eligible candidates in each era. While the benefit is that there would be a uniform (or near uniform) number of candidates on each ballot...it would come at the expense of the 'shifted candidates' no longer being judged among their peers. In other words it creates a tampering effect that alters their entire candidacy.
As it concerns the Final Ballot phase...should for example some of the wrestlers from Early Classics be moved into the 2087-2090 period to create a uniform number of votes per ballot? Or should measurement against peers be the guideline?
Vote and decide fate...
