There’s little doubt that the Soccer Hall of Fame’s voting system is broken. Year after year, players you’d think should be an automatic yes are left to wait for the next year’s voting.
As a refresher, here’s how the HoF considers eligibility in the player category and does their voting:
In order to meet the player eligibility criteria established by the Board of Directors, a player must have met No. 1 and either No. 2, No. 3 or No. 4 of the following four criteria:
1. A player must have been retired for at least three full calendar years, but for no more than 10 full calendar years (for purposes of the 2014 election, this means that a player must have retired no later than 2010 and no earlier than 2004).