ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Tuesday, the Contributors Subcommittee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection board did not choose Broncos Owner Pat Bowlen for potential induction.
The subcommittee nominated Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue for consideration by the full 48-member selection committee. Jones and Tagliabue will be finalists for the 2017 class, and their candidacies will be further debate when the committee meets to select next year's class on Feb. 4, 2017 in Houston, one day before Super Bowl LI.
This was the third consecutive year in which the Hall of Fame added a contributors category to consider executives and others involved in the sport.