Committee Chairman

Ike Taylor Retires

Apr 15, 2015

Another week, and another major player from the Pittsburgh Steelers defense retired.

Ike Taylor was a fourth round draft pick in 2003 from the Rajin’ Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafayette and the Cornerback would play his entire professional league with the Steelers. Taylor was a member of the Steelers Super Bowl Championships in the 2000’s and would play 174 Games, staring 140 of them.

Over his career, Taylor would record 636 Tackles with 14 Interceptions and though he was never a Pro Bowl player, he was an integral part of the Steelers defense.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com wish Ike Taylor a prosperous post NFL career.

RIP: Percy Sledge

Apr 15, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

It was announced today that Percy Sledge passed away in his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana following complications from liver cancer. He was 73 years old.

Sledge is best known for his massive hit, “When A Man Loves A Woman”, a song that went to #1 in 1966 and remains one of the most recognizable soul ballads of all time. While he did have other hits, “When A Man Loves A Woman” was his first and far more known than the rest of his catalogue combined.

The song came directly from his heart as he wrote it based on the heartache he felt from an ex-girlfriend. Although he wrote the lyrics, he gave the songwriting credits to bassist, Calvin Lewis and keyboardist, Andrew Wright. The two did have a large contribution to the song, as they were aided Sledge with the composition but Sledge would later state, he should have at least retained co-writing credits and the mistake cost him millions.

Percy would have other hit songs, three of which would make the Top Ten on the R&B chart. “When A Man Love A Woman” would have a resurgence in the 80’s when used for a successful Levi’s campaign and gave the song renewed attention. Later, he would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an accolade, which saw him inducted by Rod Stewart in 2005.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Percy Sledge at this time.

Coming Soon this spring!

Apr 14, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

It’s that time again where we here at Notinhalloffame.com have to tell you what is coming soon!

With “Macho Man” Randy Savage and quite a few others entering the WWE Hall of Fame we will have a new list coming soon. The sections have been made, and we will be updating that in a few weeks. As Savage was one of the pictures we had in our main logo, he will be removed and a new wrestler will take its place.

The Basketball Hall of Fame has also just announced their latest class and our new Notinhalloffame.com list will also be up soon. With Dikembe Mutmbo inducted, there will be a new number for the new list.

At the end of the month, the semi-finalists will also be announced for the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2015. We have been very happy with the support we have seen from all of you for this endeavour and we are excited to see where it will go next! If you haven’t already done so, please take a look and cast a vote!

The Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall Fame will also have it’s final round decided in the next two months. Again, if you have not already done so, please vote!

We will also continue expanding our site with this summer’s growth of the Baseball list to 250. Why? Why not!

We have been blessed over the past while in adding quality bloggers and we certainly welcome more! If you have a great idea for a blog or some great sports and pop culture points of view, bring it on! We would love to have you!

Until then, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support and look forward to the future!

Troy Polamalu Retires

Apr 10, 2015

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

As widely expected, Pittsburgh Steelers Safety, Troy Polamalu has announced his retirement from the National Football League.

Polamalu was drafted 16^th overall out of USC by the Steelers in 2003 and immediately with his flowing locks and style of play became one of the most recognized players in the league. He would be a starter in his sophomore year and would make his first of eight Pro Bowls and the following year would be named to the first of four First Team All Pro rosters. That season he would win the first of two Super Bowls with the Steelers, the second coming in 2009. His trophy case also includes an AP Defensive Player of the Year in 2010 and would record 32 Interceptions over his career.

It was believed that if Polamalu did not retire this season that Pittsburgh would have cut the iconic player, a move they did not want to have to do.

The question that we always raise when a player of this magnitude retires is will he be considered a Hall of Famer, to which we think the answer is yes, or at the very least once eligible for the Hall will receive a high ranking from us. Polamalu will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Troy Polamalu the best in his post NFL endeavors.