The Football Hall of Fame has announced their two Senior Nominees, and again controversy reigns in Canton. The first nominee is Curley Culp, who was a Defensive Tackle who captured six Pro Bowls for the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Oilers. The undersized Culp, was the Defensive Player of the Year in 1975 and was First Team All Pro that year. He is joined by Dave Robinson, who was a three time Pro Bowl Linebacker for the Green Bay Packers on their first two Super Bowl Teams.

With all due respect to the aforementioned, this again leaves our number one (on our NIHOF Football list), Jerry Kramer again snubbed. Our regular visitors know that we have had the opportunity to speak with Kramer who may have been the classiest person we ever spoke too. As Robinson was a teammate of Kramer, we find his nomination a little curious, but we are hopeful that one day Canton will do the right thing for Jerry Kramer. Unfortunately, it wasn’t today.  

Our growth continues as we here at notinhalloffame.com are proud to unveil the list of candidates for the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  As always it is an ecclectic list with multiple acts covering multiple genres.  They are as follows:

98 Degrees
Badly Drawn Boy
Beta Band
Calexico
Children of Bodom
Creed
Death in Vegas
Deerhoof
Derek Trucks
Erykah Badu
Five for Fighting
Flogging Molly
Hanson
Idlewild
Limp Bizkit
Lit
Marcy Playground
Missy Elliott
Neko Case
New Found Glory
Nightwish
O.A.R.
Of Montreal
P. Diddy
Savage Garden
Sevendust
Sigur Rios
Smash Mouth
Sterophonics
The Avalanches
The Crystal Method
The Donnas
The Get Up Kids
Third Eye Blind
Timbaland
Travis
Will Smith
Wyclef Jean

You know what to do!!!  Check them out, and cast a vote and state your opinion!

Followers of this site are clearly aware of two things:

One: We love multiple genres of Music.

Two: We currently only rank those who are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

We will never change the first, but the second is something that we are slowly looking to rectify. We have done preliminary work on the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Hip Hop Hall of Fame and are looking at ways to rank Sidemen for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Today we are looking at the Gospel Music Hall of Fame which has announced its latest class. We are not likely to ever rank those not in, but we have a major respect for this genre of music. Many Rock historians and (for that matter musicians in the 50’s themselves) have cited Gospel music as one of the origins of Rock and Roll, and it has been a musical style that many mainstream acts have embraced at various times in their careers.

The Gospel Hall of Fame was established in 1971and houses many inductees that even the most casual music fan are aware of such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Al Green and Pat Boone. This year another major star of modern American music entered the Hall as Aretha Franklin who was largely selected on the strength of her 1972 album; Amazing Grace. The Queen of Soul is joined by Ricky Skaggs, Dallas Holm, Love Song and the Hoppers which overall could be the most diverse class of inductees that the Gospel Hall ever had.

We congratulate all for their latest accomplishment.

Rafael Palmeiro knows he isn’t getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The fact that in his two years of eligibility he has not gotten past 12 percent on the ballot showcases that fact, and as the odds are strong that he will probably have just enough to stay on the ballot (5 percent is needed to stay on), he will have a constant reminder for the next thirteen years.

Palmeiro recently discussed his opinion on the Hall, and the interesting comment was not the one he directed about himself. He stated that he has put it behind him, and whether that is true or not is something that Palmeiro only knows for himself. What caught our attention was his statement that Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens should be inducted.

“You’re talking about in my opinion, probably the best pitcher (Clemens) of all-time and the greatest player (Bonds) of all time," Palmeiro said. "Keep them out and then the Hall of Fame has no credibility."

This has been a statement that we have heard echoed by many other current and former baseball players. We have no problem agreeing with Palmeiro as we have both Bonds and Clemens listed as number one and two respectively on our Notinhalloffame Baseball List. It is not a stretch to say that this year’s Hall of Fame ballot will be the most anticipated of all time.