The NSL Hall of Fame

(Amended 84v, 91a, 92a, 93a, 01a, 10av, 13a, 14a, 18a,19)

One member as chairman will run the NSL Hall of Fame with a committee along with 3 other members. The Hall of Fame is a broad term and would probably be better named a Hall of Honor. It is the chairman’s responsibility to:
A) Run the Hall of Fame regarding all operations, voting, etc. He reports directly to the commissioner who will not interfere with the running of the Hall, but will be consulted before changes are made or votes taken.
B) Check credentials of recently retired nominees who must have been out of the league for a period of 5 years.
C) Releases list of nominees to include stats and write ups once yearly with the aid of the Commissioner.
D) Head the Veteran’s Committee for determining merit of players already removed from the NSL eligibility files.
E) Conduct voting for player enshrinement.

Eligible Candidates --To be eligible, candidates must meet the following requirements:
 A) A baseball player must have been active as a player in the NSL at some time during a period beginning twenty (20) years before and ending five (5) years prior to election.
 B) Player must have played in each of seven (7) NSL championship seasons, some part of which must have been within the period described in (A).
  C) Player shall have ceased to be an active player in the NSL at least five (5) calendar years preceding the election.

Enshrinement into the Hall is dependent on a candidate receiving votes on 75% of the ballots cast. A ballot submitted with zero (0) votes cast will be considered a non-participating ballot and will not be counted towards the total ballots cast. Each franchise has 10 votes to use as they see fit. A franchise may cast from 0 to 10 votes. A player may only receive 1 and only 1 vote from each franchise. Players receiving at least 2 votes, but not enough to enter the Hall of Fame will be eligible for subsequent ballots if they continue to receive the required member votes for a total of 5 years maximum. Those not receiving the required member votes will be deleted from the ballot.

Players receiving votes, but not enough to enter the Hall of Fame will be eligible for subsequent ballots if they continue to receive member votes for a total of 5 years maximum. Those not receiving member votes will be deleted from the ballot.  Those players having been on the ballot for 5 years may be reconsidered by the Veteran’s Committee. In addition, individual managers, or individuals that played an influential role in the NSL are eligible for consideration by the Veteran’s Committee.

The minimum length of time for a qualifying player to be considered by the Veteran’s Committee after they have been removed from the ballot is 3 years.  Those players or individuals qualifying for consideration by the Veteran’s Committee can be nominated by any current NSL manager. There will be a limit of two nominations each year. If more than 2 players are nominated any given year, the Veteran’s Committee will decide which 2 players warrant the strongest consideration. The Veteran’s Committee voting process for induction into the Hall of Fame will be through a yes or no vote. Each committee member will vote yes or no for each nominees induction into the hall. A player/individual must receive 75% (3 of 4 committee members) of the committee vote for induction.