Comments on Three Idiots on Sports: Dukie Vitale is a Lobbyist

A couple of quick points in response to Nick. Whi...

2008-04-18T11:59:55.300-04:00

A couple of quick points in response to Nick. While I love Nicks 2 Cents - I have to provide a couple of counter-points.

A) He lobbied for the position - sorry man, that's flat out dis-tasteful to me, get in on your own merits, not because you were badgering electors forever to let you in. That's a joke.

B) There's no category for broadcasters in the basketball HOF.

C) Peter Gammons is one of the best baseball writers of all time, who made the switch to TV. Vitale was an also ran coach who found his niche as a broadcaster. Comparing Vitale to Gammons is like comparing Boone's farm to a fine wine.

I got to disagree with the majority here. The Hal...

2008-04-18T01:59:14.642-04:00

I got to disagree with the majority here. The Hall of Fame in every sport is littered with non-players who did big things to further the game.

Peter Gammons is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Russian coaches are in the basketball Hall of Fame.

Find me one person who has popularized the game of college basketball like Vitale in the past 50 years?

Or ask yourself this... could your Mother distinguish Chris Webber - an elite college basketball player for 2 seasons who played in 2 Championship Games and did one of the most famous bonehead plays in sports - from another athlete like, say, Tony Gonzalez? COuld your college biology teacher? Your grandfather?

No.

Dick Vitale IS college basketball to a lot of people. To diehards like us, of course other people offer better insight. But to a LOT of Americans, people who turn on the TV and watch games and fill out brackets and talk about the sport, they KNOW Dicky V.

That's amazing to me. And that's Hall of Fame stuff.

Did you hear Neil Lomax just got a vote for the Ca...

2008-04-16T21:32:21.461-04:00

Did you hear Neil Lomax just got a vote for the Canton? He rocked the Saint Louis Cardinals, yep, the Saint Louis Cardinals....

Danny
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I have no problem if in the HOF there is broadcast...

2008-04-16T19:33:31.421-04:00

I have no problem if in the HOF there is broadcasting display and Dukie V is highlighted, but to induct someone into what should be an "exclusive" club - kinda belittles the place and its members.

Joe B here: Dick Vitale entry to the Hall of Fame...

2008-04-16T16:51:45.445-04:00

Joe B here: Dick Vitale entry to the Hall of Fame has brought this selection process to a new low. How do we remember our HOF's? The great plays, the great teams they were on, and how they truly inspired us to follow the sport as a whole. I really don't have any fond memories of Dick Vitale. Dick Vitale was forced I feel to call Carmelo and G-Mac "Diaper Dandies" in '03. He is a biased commentator who bleeds ACC. I think the only constant memory is the voice,(wasn't it nice when he had surgery to "fix" his annoying voice)? If it was an honorary induction to the Hall of Fame then so be it. Congrats to Dick Vitale you have officially BS'ed your way to the hall. Nice Job.

I'm not a fan of Dickie V. Never have been, never ...

2008-04-16T15:09:48.447-04:00

I'm not a fan of Dickie V. Never have been, never will be.

We don't have Hall of Fames, we have Hall of Great...

2008-04-16T14:57:22.055-04:00

We don't have Hall of Fames, we have Hall of Greats.

And even that is debatable.