A bias against the New England Patriots by the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

According to Rodney Harrison, that is what is transpiring.

In a conversation with the Boston Globe, he had the following to say:

“It’s just unfortunate.  It’s almost a form of discrimination.  People don’t want to elevate us, or recognize or acknowledge how great we are because they’re such haters.  Everywhere I go, people hate on the Patriots.  So we don’t get credit.  All I hear is Tom and Bill.  But that’s such lazy analysis…

…I’m like, Ty Law was the greatest defensive back I’ve ever played with.  Richard Seymour, Willie McGinest, Troy Brown, Kevin Faulk, these dudes were bad, bad dudes.  They weren’t just system guys.  It’s unfair when people say (that).”

While the “hate” against the Patriots might be there, the Hall of Fame process for former Patriots is proceeding fairly based on the current system.

Harrison referred to Ty Law, who will be inducted this year into the Hall.  In terms of the Patriots dynasty (which is still ongoing), Richard Seymour is likely to get inducted soon.  Whether or not Harrison is referring to himself, he was a preliminary nominee, but has not made the Semi-Finals as of yet.  

The New England Patriots are still in the midst of a lengthy dynasty and when it is all said and done there will be a plethora of former Pats inducted into Canton.

Sorry, no bias!

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2019 will be officially enshrined on August 1, 2019.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players and executive.  As such it is news to us that as part of the $100 million dollar renovation project at Dodger Stadium, a statue of Hall of Fame Pitcher, Sandy Koufax, will be erected.

The statue of Koufax will be the second one outside of Dodger Stadium as there is currently one of Jackie Robinson, which is currently in the leftfield reserve, though that will be moved to the new centerfield plaza.

Dodger Stadium is the third oldest stadium in Major League Baseball after Fenway Park in Boston and Wrigley Field in Chicago.

The Dodgers hope to have everything complete ahead of hosting the 2020 All-Star Game.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com are excited about the new changes to Dodger Stadium and for Sandy Koufax who has achieved another level of baseball immortality.

As training camp begins in the National Football League, we have another retirement to look at in Pro Football as Quarterback, Mark Sanchez has announced his retirement to pursue a career as a college football analyst.  

It was in college, specifically USC where he had his best success.  As a Senior, Sanchez took the Trojans to a 12 and 1 record and a Rose Bowl win over Penn State.  The New York Jets would draft him 5^thoverall in 2009 where he would be their starter but he would throw more Interceptions than Touchdowns in his four seasons in Gotham though as a rookie he did take the Jets to the NFC Championship Game. He would repeat that feat in 2010, making him the second Quarterback after Ben Roethlisberger to do that in his first two seasons.

Sanchez would never be a starter after 2013 and he would bounce as a backup Quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins.  He retires with 15,357 Passing Yards and 68 Touchdown Passes.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Mark Sanchez the best in his post-playing career.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players and executive.  Eventually, this will extend to the major programs in the NCAA and as such it is news to us that LSU Basketball has announced that the #35 of Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf will be retired this season.

As a Tiger, Abdul-Rauf was named Chris Jackson, the name he had before he converted to Islam in 1991.  The Point Guard played two years at LSU and was a Consensus All-American and SEC Player of the Year both years.  He would set records as a freshman for Points (965) and Points per Game (30.2).  

He would go on to have a long career in pro basketball, both in the NBA and abroad.

Abdul-Rauf becomes the fifth former Tiger to have his number retired. He joins “Pistol” Pete Maravich (#23), Shaquille O’Neal (#33), Durand “Rudy” Macklin (#40) and Bob Pettit (#50).

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf for earning this very prestigious honor.