This was sudden.

David Baker has just announced his immediate resignation as the President of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, citing that it was time to return home, and retire.  He held that post for eight years.

You will have to forgive us, as the timing seems very suspect.  We are a little more than a month away from the announcement of the 2022 Semi-Finalists, and are nearly a third into the NFL Season.  An abrupt retirement at this time, coinciding with the Washington Football Team scandal that saw the NFL go through over 60,000 e-mails raises red flags.

We have been open about our dislike of Baker making himself a star on the NFL programming, and wondered aloud if his desire to be on television elevated former coaches, Bill Cowher and Jimmy Johnson, ahead of others (namely Don Coryell and Tom Flores), as they were pre-game personalities on major networks.

With all of that being said, we hope this is not due to illness, and we do think that the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s stature, has been elevated under his tenure.

He will be replaced by Jim Porter, who previously was the Hall’s chief Marketing and Communications Officer.