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Pro Football HOF overhauling selection process
The Pro Football Hall of Fame has made sweeping changes to its selection process that include a significant reduction in the number of selectors and the...
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- The Pro Football Hall of Fame has made sweeping changes to its selection process that include a significant reduction in the number of selectors and the elimination of the separate Seniors category.
- "The Hall continually reviews its bylaws to ensure the selection process reflects the highest standards of integrity and the magnitude of election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame," Porter said in a statement.
- "There is no more important task at the Hall of Fame than the election of each new class." Porter said the changes were made after a 2½-year review of the selection process and were recently approved by the Hall's board of directors.
- Porter said the changes to the size and makeup of the board of selectors were made to avoid "unintended biases" the Hall said might have been a part of the previous selection process.
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The Pro Football Hall of Fame has made sweeping changes to its selection process that include a significant reduction in the number of selectors and the elimination of the separate Seniors category. "The Hall continually reviews its bylaws to ensure the selection process reflects the highest standards of integrity and the magnitude of election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame," Porter said in a statement. "There is no more important task at the Hall of Fame than the election of each new class." Porter said the changes were made after a 2½-year review of the selection process and were recently approved by the Hall's board of directors. Porter said the changes to the size and makeup of the board of selectors were made to avoid "unintended biases" the Hall said might have been a part of the previous selection process. And now each year, after voting reductions, a list of 13 players, one coach and one contributor -- 15 in all -- will be considered for enshrinement. The Hall said an induction class could now be between three and seven members.