Induction Ballot Retention Rules
Jul 21, 2007 7:43:10 GMT -5
Post by LWPD on Jul 21, 2007 7:43:10 GMT -5
There are three tiers to the CotG Hall of Fame with Induction being the obvious paramount level. Yet there's also a difference between those initial 20 (now 18) candidates who qualified for the HOF Induction ballot phase...and all of those who did not. General rules need to be created to govern the candidacies of those who made the Induction Ballot but failed to be inducted.
I strongly suggest that in the next HOF cycle...candidates who successfully passed the previous cycle's Final Ballot Phase (attaining a minimum of 75% affirmative vote when measured against their peers) should retain a repeat HOF Induction Phase vote opportunity without having to immediately re-qualify through the initial phase again. In other words achieving 75% against peers in the previous cycle should have a reward that's carried forward into the next cycle.
Yet how long should that reward last? Doing so without a fail safe mechanism in place could create a glass ceiling effect. This could be avoided by defining a certain minimum percentage as a mark for 'falling off' the Induction Ballot.
The BWAA uses a 5% minimum rule for ballot retention (along with a 15 year max eligibility rule). If a 5% minimum were enacted for the next cycle then Dreggs (1.6%) and Overkill (3.2%) would both fall off of the Induction Ballot and back into the general candidacy grouping. They would have to 're-qualify' from scratch.
Help set parameters that govern HOF Induction Ballot Retention. Poll results will remain open for one month....closing August 21. Majority vote decides direction.
I strongly suggest that in the next HOF cycle...candidates who successfully passed the previous cycle's Final Ballot Phase (attaining a minimum of 75% affirmative vote when measured against their peers) should retain a repeat HOF Induction Phase vote opportunity without having to immediately re-qualify through the initial phase again. In other words achieving 75% against peers in the previous cycle should have a reward that's carried forward into the next cycle.
Yet how long should that reward last? Doing so without a fail safe mechanism in place could create a glass ceiling effect. This could be avoided by defining a certain minimum percentage as a mark for 'falling off' the Induction Ballot.
The BWAA uses a 5% minimum rule for ballot retention (along with a 15 year max eligibility rule). If a 5% minimum were enacted for the next cycle then Dreggs (1.6%) and Overkill (3.2%) would both fall off of the Induction Ballot and back into the general candidacy grouping. They would have to 're-qualify' from scratch.
Help set parameters that govern HOF Induction Ballot Retention. Poll results will remain open for one month....closing August 21. Majority vote decides direction.
