Eligible Candidates Names now listed
2011-02-25 12:58:00
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum today announced a refinement to the selection process by listing the names of eligible candidates on their website. www.cfhof.ca
These are candidates that have been nominated by fans and have been endorsed by 2 members of the selection committee.
The selection process was reviewed in 2009, updated in 2010 and implemented for the selection of the 2011 class. “We contacted all the stakeholders of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame to get there input and we believe the refinements more closely align with the Mandate of the Hall.” Steve Howse, Chairman, CFHoF&M. When we created the new website it was essential to make the process transparent and seamless to fans, we have published the names of the Selection Committee and the new Terms of Reference on how a person is selected to the Hall.
Allowing the eligible candidates to be published is another way that the Canadian Football Hall of Fame is educating and engaging the fan base in the selection process.
We would like to see further fan involvement in the Nomination process and adding the details of how candidates are selected is an important step in the process. That process along with a nomination and list of the Selection Committee form can still be found through this link here.
“These changes coupled with taking the Induction event to other cities, partnering with Scotiabank at the Grey Cup and the roadshow displays at events like Moncton are just a few of the initiatives to bring the Hall to the fans” remarked Mark DeNobile, Executive Director
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From Wikipedia as sourced from the CFL.ca timeline:
"The Burnside rules were a set of rules that transformed Canadian football from a rugby-style game to the gridiron-style game it has remained ever since. Named after Thrift Burnside, captain of the University of Toronto football team (although he did not originate them-- see below), and first adopted by the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1903, the rules introduced sweeping changes to the way football was played.[1] The rules included:
* the reduction to 12 players per side from the standard 15
* the "snap-back" system in which the ball was heeled backward from the line of scrimmage by the center
* the requirement for a team to make ten yards in three successive downs or lose possession of the ball
* the reduction to six men from the previous eight allowed on the line of scrimmage when the ball was put into play.
All of these rules were derived from American football rules already in place at the time, which had been developed by Walter Camp for use in American football in the 1880s.[2] Although these rules are standard today, at the time they were considered radical. Other teams outside the Ontario Rugby Football Union refused to adopt them until 1905."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_Rules