# Why don't we put the actual athletes in the Halls of Fame? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 15, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402 "2011-09-15T16:14:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/1 "2011-09-15T16:14:36Z")
Well?! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/2 "2011-09-15T16:19:15Z")
What, in formaldehyde? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/3 "2011-09-15T16:19:20Z")
Because the athletes have better places to be? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/4 "2011-09-15T16:23:51Z")
They move too fast. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/5 "2011-09-15T16:25:09Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > What, in formaldehyde? That would be **ten** kinds of awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/6 "2011-09-15T16:29:10Z")
Future Futurama episode… ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/7 "2011-09-15T16:29:12Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Because the athletes have better places to be? Mom could always stop by whenever the kids wanted QT with dad. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/8 "2011-09-15T16:33:37Z")
I understand that’s what Ted Williams had wanted… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/9 "2011-09-15T16:41:58Z")
Because their families might look for them eventually. Well, a few of them might. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Future Futurama episode… They already did something pretty similar to that - there’s an episode featuring the Hank Aaron XXIV (voiced by Hank Aaron), the worst blernsball player ever, as a living exhibit in the sport’s hall of fame. A part-time exhibit, anyway. He’s also the worst football player ever. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/10 "2011-09-15T16:43:15Z")
Just realized that most children of HOFers would be adults. A few visitis per year should cover it. But we’d have to work out a conjugal visit scheme for the wives and/or babymamas. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/11 "2011-09-15T22:53:48Z")
Who says they don’t? I have some athletes in my basement Hall of Fame. It’s very well soundproofed, and the police have yet to find it. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/12 "2011-09-15T23:16:09Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Who says they don’t? I have some athletes in my basement Hall of Fame. It’s very well soundproofed, and the police have yet to find it. Do any of them argue with you about who should be in your hall of fame? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/13 "2011-09-16T00:16:31Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > But we’d have to work out a conjugal visit scheme for the wives and/or babymamas. Better hope that [Antonio Cromartie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Cromartie) doesn’t make that HoF…the visits with his babymamas would bankrupt the place. As Wikipedia notes: > [@](#): > > Cromartie has fathered at least nine children with eight women living in six states, and has been named in at least five paternity suits in the past two years. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/14 "2011-09-16T00:51:50Z")
That’s nothing, for a pro athlete. Wilt Chamberlain is believed to have slept with about 10,000 women. I’m sure that well over eight of those ended up pregnant as a result. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/15 "2011-09-16T03:09:19Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Who says they don’t? I have some athletes in my basement Hall of Fame. It’s very well soundproofed, and the police have yet to find it. Hey Ripken, are you about a size 16? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/16 "2011-09-16T13:32:22Z")
Actually it would be pretty cool if deceased Hall of Famers were actually buried at the Hall of Fame sites. I doubt you could convince all the players and their families to agree to it though. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/17 "2011-09-16T15:42:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wilt Chamberlain is believed to have slept with about 10,000 women. Minor correction: Chamberlain _said_ he slept with 10,000 women. He was laughed at and I don’t think anybody believed him. I’m sure he did sleep with a ton of women and had his share of children. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/18 "2011-09-16T16:00:06Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Who says they don’t? I have some athletes in my basement Hall of Fame. It’s very well soundproofed, and the police have yet to find it. So that’s where Lloyd Moseby is! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/19 "2011-09-16T16:45:44Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > Hey Ripken, are you about a size 16? It puts the jersey on its skin, or else it gets the hose again. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-put-the-actual-athletes-in-the-halls-of-fame/596402/20 "2011-09-16T18:26:41Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Better hope that [Antonio Cromartie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Cromartie) doesn’t make that HoF…the visits with his babymamas would bankrupt the place. As Wikipedia notes: Wow, father of 9 at age 27? He’s going to be so, so broke.