Springfield, Canton, or Cooperstown?

[The Chosen One]

We just finished a 3 week stretch of the Hall of Fame merry go-round for each sport.

This is obviously predominantly a baseball board, so I wouldn't be surprised if everyone here is biased to Cooperstown.

Which Hall do you feel is harder to get into, and which one do you feel is more exclusive? Which one does a better job at making sure only the deserving get in?

Every year in the football hall of fame, feels like there's some guy who's been waiting 20-30 years to get inducted. Whereas in baseball, the writers and committee usually get it right. Not sure how basketball's hall works, I was surprised to see Stern already inducted so quickly a mere few months after retiring. Now that the rules have changed for baseball's to 10 years of eligibility, I feel it's only going to get tougher for some guys to get in. Committee votes will be even more important... we may even see Murph get in eventually via the committee.



Also, maybe someone can clarify for me... I know the Basketball Hall of Fame includes collegiate players too, whereas Canton is Pro Football. I am not sure if Cooperstown has ever inducted any college or minor league personalities.

[BRule]

1- Basketball
2- MLB
3- NFL

NFL has the largest rosters, so I think that is one of the bigger reasons why people end up "waiting" but also they let in the most people every year. MLB I would put 2nd because of the stupid veterans committee and they let a lot of questions people in. NBA, off the top of my head I can't really recall going "WTF they inducted him???" it seems like the other 2 sports have many more of those moments...obviously I'd have to look into a little more deeply but off the top of my head that's the way I feel it ranks.

[Knucksie]

Why omitthe Hockey Hall of Fame from this discussion? For planning a trip, there's plenty more to in Toronto. Cooperstown is nice, but it's sort of in the middle of no where. We're planning an early fall excursion to Canton. Canton allows tailgating, which is an interesting twist.

[goldfly]

Canton allows tailgating, which is an interesting twist.

i had no problem drinking in the streets or a problem with my bloody mary at the induction ceremony in Cooperstown a few weeks ago