Board of Directors
Revamps Election Procedures
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ONEONTA,
NY (May 7, 2007)
At the April 28th Board Meeting the National Soccer Hall
of Fame Board of Directors approved proposals that will significantly revamp
the current election policies. Key changes were:
- In the Player category any candidate
receiving votes on seventy-five percent (75%) of the ballots
cast shall be elected to membership in the National Soccer
Hall of Fame. The old policy required fifty percent (50%)
of the vote for election and provided for the election of
the two highest vote-getters (with provision for a third
if that individual received at least 80% of the vote), and
- Players must receive a vote on a minimum
of five percent (5%) of the ballots cast in the previous
election in order to remain on the Players’ eligibility
list. No such provision existed under the old policy.
“These
changes to the election policies set an appropriately high
standard for election to the Hall of Fame and will remove
players from the ballot who have not received significant
support in the voting process,” Hall of Fame President
George Brown stated. ”Players dropped from the eligibility
list will automatically revert to the Veterans’ eligibility
list when they meet the Veterans’ eligibility criteria.” |
The
75% election criterion would not have changed the results
of any election since 2004, the last time the
Hall of Fame
implemented an election policy change. “Exactly the same
players would have been elected under these new rules,” said
Jack Huckel, Hall of Fame Director of Museum and Archives and
the person at the Hall of Fame directly responsible for the
election process. “Adding the 5% minimum criteria will
thin our ballot appropriately. The 2008 ballot will
have 22 holdover candidates for election rather than the 58 that
would
have been on the ballot without this new policy.”
In addition to the policy changes made in the Player category,
the Board approved changes governing elections to the Veteran
Player and Builder categories.
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