Yardbarker's Ultimate Hall of Fame tiers: Active stars on path to enshrinement
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About our tiers What active athletes in the NFL, NBA, WNBA, Major League Baseball and NHL are Hall of Fame worthy? That's the question we posed to Yardbarker editors and writers, and boy did we have some spirited debates. (No blood was shed, however.) So we pYardbarker's Ultimate Hall of Fame tiers: Active stars on path to enshrinement
About our tiers What active athletes in the NFL, NBA, WNBA, Major League Baseball and NHL are Hall of Fame worthy? That's the question we posed to Yardbarker editors and writers, and boy did we have some spirited debates. (No blood was shed, however.) So we put together a list. The criteria was simple: To be considered, an athlete's resume must be impressive. Our definition of impressive? Hey, we know it when we see it. An athlete must have played at least four seasons in his/her league. (Sorry, Ezekiel Elliott, Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Auston Matthews.) Recently retired athletes — we're looking at you, Ichiro Suzuki, Dirk Nowitzki, Gronk and Roberto Luongo — were not considered. Some may argue that our standards are more stringent than, say, the Hockey Hall of Fame's. (If you can lace up a pair of skates, you're almost in!) Athletes were slotted in tiers: TIER 1: HALL, YES! A no-brainer Hall of Famer TIER 2: YES, BUT ... A Hall of Famer but not on first ballot TIER 3: POLARIZING BUT ULTIMATELY IN TIER Read more