Should Borges get booted from the NFL Hall of Fame Committee..

[DarrylS]

I vote yes, this is a no brainer.. forgot how he must have been once thought of as a "prestigious writer", guess his greed and venom for BB have clouded his vision and led to early senility. My suggestion for a replacement from this region, if it is a regional thing, is Tom Curran.

 

[ChoWZa]

I vote yes, this is a no brainer.. forgot how he must have been once thought of as a "prestigious writer", guess his greed and venom for BB have clouded his vision and led to early senility. My suggestion for a replacement from this region, if it is a regional thing, is Tom Curran.

Yes. Blatant Plagiarism.


BTW a poll would have made this thread more exciting.

 

[Patriot_in_NY]

Yes. Plagiarism is the worst offense you can commit as a writer. It is {should be} a career ending offense. Likewise, it should immediatly disqualify you from any entitlements that "being a writer" may offer..........

Such as HOF voting.

 

[Fencer]

HOF voters are pretty much determined by seniority on their hometown newspapers.

I.e., the decision is effectively bucked back to the Globe.

Besides: HOF choices are based largely on understanding guys as well as their hometown writers do. So that's about the one football-related task Borges IS well-suited for.

Seriously, his columns explaining his HOF opinions are generally among his very few intelligent and interesting ones each year.

 

[aabtec]

I vote yes, this is a no brainer.. forgot how he must have been once thought of as a "prestigious writer", guess his greed and venom for BB have clouded his vision and led to early senility. My suggestion for a replacement from this region, if it is a regional thing, is Tom Curran.

He should be fired and booted....

 

[edzo44]

HOF voters are pretty much determined by seniority on their hometown newspapers.

I.e., the decision is effectively bucked back to the Globe.

Besides: HOF choices are based largely on understanding guys as well as their hometown writers do. So that's about the one football-related task Borges IS well-suited for.

Seriously, his columns explaining his HOF opinions are generally among his very few intelligent and interesting ones each year.

So how's he going to "explain" the expected vicious, "unbiased" rant against BB when he gets nominated to the HOF?!?!

 

[E Belichick Unum]

You know, this will be an unpopular opinion, but I will mess Ron every Sunday. His notes column is is great. I have never been able to forgive him for the hack job he did on the 85 Pats, but he is usually right about everything except the Patriots and Belichick. I just hope somebody else picks up the notes column.

 

[ChoWZa]

You know, this will be an unpopular opinion, but I will mess Ron every Sunday. His notes column is is great. I have never been able to forgive him for the hack job he did on the 85 Pats, but he is usually right about everything except the Patriots and Belichick. I just hope somebody else picks up the notes column.

Well.. a sportswriter for the globe right on everything but the Pats and BB... Doesn't leave much else =p

He sucks at the draft too.

 

[smg93]

yes he should.

 

[Fumblerooski]

Yes, when you live by the sword you die by the sword. Put him out of his pathetic misery and us too.

 

[PatsMyBoyz!]

I vote yes, this is a no brainer.. forgot how he must have been once thought of as a "prestigious writer", guess his greed and venom for BB have clouded his vision and led to early senility. My suggestion for a replacement from this region, if it is a regional thing, is Tom Curran.

His bias alone should preclude him but if not that,then his flip-flopping stances should. If all that's not enough,plagerism should be the nail in that coffin-absolutely. Journalism has come under enough scrutiny lately and it's about time they cleaned up their act. If plagerism isn't a reason to ban one from the Committee,then what is?
Letting him continue there sets a bad precedent and is a bad example to young,aspiring writers-jmo.

 

[mtbykr]

I vote yes....it's obvious he can't be unbiased!

 

[solman]

HOF voters are pretty much determined by seniority on their hometown newspapers.

I.e., the decision is effectively bucked back to the Globe.

The Hall of fame claims otherwise:

The Board consists of one media representative from each pro football city with two from New York, inasmuch as that city has two teams in the National Football League. A 33rd member is a representative of the Pro Football Writers of America and there are seven at-large delegates.

With the exception of the PFWA representative who is appointed for a two-year term, all appointments are of the open-end variety and can be terminated only by retirement or resignation, as long as the member continues to attend meetings regularly.

The clear implication here is that either the Globe would have to fire him, or he would have to choose to leave the committee (or be pressured into leaving).

 

[borg]

You know, this will be an unpopular opinion, but I will mess Ron every Sunday. His notes column is is great. I have never been able to forgive him for the hack job he did on the 85 Pats, but he is usually right about everything except the Patriots and Belichick. I just hope somebody else picks up the notes column.

As you said, his "Football Notes" column is spot on because he plagiarizes his work from reporters who actually put in the hours to gain the information. And as you say," he is usually right about everything except the Patriots and Belichick". But there in lies the problem. When he does the work, ie., the Patriots beat, his personal grudges against BB and the Pats have clouded his judgement. His evaluation of talent, particularly drafted players is so suspect that his readership openly scoffs at his projections. He is great when he plagiarizes, horrible when he relies on his own thoughts.The guy has now lost any remaining credibility he may have had before this pilfering.

 

[Sean Pa Patriot]

I dont know I know his voice helped Andre Tippet get into the top 11

 

[borg]

"All appointments are of the open-end variety and can be terminated only by retirement or resignation, as long as the member continues to attend meetings regularly. "
The way I read this, Borges can remain a lifer as long as he doesn't retire or quit the HOF Board. Nothing about the newspaper sponsorship.

 

[Tunescribe]

... he is usually right about everything except the Patriots and Belichick. I just hope somebody else picks up the notes column.

The notes column is a function of the newspaper, not the writer. Anyone writing football for the Globe will have a Sunday notes column. The reason you observe Borges being "right about everything except the Patriots and Belichick" is because that information comes directly from wire services and other pre-packaged sources. He just cherry picks and condenses.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

"All appointments are of the open-end variety and can be terminated only by retirement or resignation, as long as the member continues to attend meetings regularly. "
The way I read this, Borges can remain a lifer as long as he doesn't retire or quit the HOF Board. Nothing about the newspaper sponsorship.

The vote in NE resides with the Globe. It was Will McDonough's for many years, which is why Andre isn't in the HOF thus far, and it "passed" to Borges in some sort of secret ceremony when Will died. At the time the rationale was Borges was the senior football writer at the Globe, hinting that Mannix of the Herald wasn't even considered. Perhaps not the Globe per se but the Football/Sports Writers Associationin NE vote the honor. Either way it is Ron's now unless he resigns. I would imagine he would if asked to by the right entity, just not sure who would need to do that asking.

 

[pats60]

I wonder if he will still write for MSNBC and Pro football weekly

 

[solman]

"All appointments are of the open-end variety and can be terminated only by retirement or resignation, as long as the member continues to attend meetings regularly. "
The way I read this, Borges can remain a lifer as long as he doesn't retire or quit the HOF Board. Nothing about the newspaper sponsorship.

I believe that, in the context of the page, retire meant retiring from the newspaper that they represent. I assume that getting fired from that same paper should also do the job.