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Originally Posted by D. Bergin
Football also has a much bigger pool to select from. I'm not of the school of thought that it's any easier to get into then the Baseball HOF.
A Baseball team has 9 starters on the field plus DH plus bench guys plus relievers per game
A Football team has 22 starters on the field, plus kickers, special teamers and regular rotational players.
I seemingly see guys who retired from the game in the Top 10 in a major statistical category, regularly get passed over in the HOF voting, by the time they come up for election.
Isaac Bruce was the #3 all time guy in Yards from a Receiver at the time he retired. Took him like 11 years before he got in the HOF.
This doesn't really happen in baseball, unless there's some sort of underlying factor, and a bunch of angsty, non-stop chatter surrounding it.
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I don't pay attention to the Football Hall of Fame and who gets inducted each year so I can't say if it's easier or harder to get into than it is for Baseball. I just think it's interesting that there are supposed to be 4 to 8 inducted every year. Rosters in football are basically double the size of rosters in baseball and 2 to 4 new inductees in the Baseball Hall of Fame is probably what happens each year so 4 to 8 for Football sounds right. It's just surprising that it's basically mandated for Football.