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Dear board members,

As you may be aware, Art Monk was not only not inducted in the HOF but he was not even selected among the finalists to be voted for the 80% majority earlier today.

I sincerely believe that this was due to the active lobby of several lousy Sports Illustrated writers such as Paul Zimmerman and Peter King. Their conduct is disgraceful and shameful. I believe that the fans also have a right to make themselves heard by these types in the only way they undertand:

DUMP your subscriptions to Sports Illustrated if you have any, and encourage as many other fans as you can to dump them too.

Let us start a campaign to DUMP SI

I 100% agree. Remember this year they decided that Joe Gibbs coming back to football didn't even deserve to be in thier top 100 stories of the year! Top 100! Not top 5 or 10. SI Sucks!

Chad

I'm with RIC!

SI is full of a bunch of idiots anyways. So it won't be hard to do.

What a bunch of idiot/bamas at SI. This is unbelievable.

I got ya back Art (and Hogs.net Supporters).

DUMP SI

I say everyone that is registered to this website should make an entry this weekend and then Bosshog should forward it to Peter King and Pual Zwhateverthellhislastnameis. Hell forward it too as many email accounts as he can and dare someone to reply to us. I'm going to personaly dare those two guys to reach down betweeb their legs and most whatever balls they have to post a reply on our site stating a sain reason Monk is not in the HOF.

I agree, we should start mail bombing SI as well, so they know just how much we don't like them campaigning against Art Monk...

I like your idea scottskins! I'm gonna mail bomb them some later tonight!

We need to organize our protest efforts and a huge statue of Art Monk needs to be placed in front of fed ex field. People need to know....

As you may be aware, Art Monk was not only not inducted in the HOF but he was not even selected among the finalists to be voted for the 80% majority earlier today.

These people are dumb as rocks.

As RIC argues, any magazine that features them is not worth buying. It's not even a boycott: it's a simple judgement of SI's quality.

RIC, I agree. But, instead of dumping them, I think I found a new method of toilet paper.

I agree, S.I blows, Im going to send them my thoughts in a not so nice letter... Assholes!

These are the people responsible, what idiots!

Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors
Arizona Andy Bagnato, Arizona Republic
Atlanta Furman Bisher, The Atlanta Journal
Baltimore Scott Garceau, WMAR-TV
Buffalo Mark Gaughan, Buffalo News
Carolina Charles Chandler, Charlotte Observer
Chicago Don Pierson, Chicago Tribune*
Cincinnati Chick Ludwig, Dayton Daily News
Cleveland Tony Grossi, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dallas Rick Gosselin, Dallas Morning News*
Denver Woodrow Paige, Denver Post
Detroit Jerry Green, The Detroit News*
Green Bay Cliff Christl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Houston John McClain, Houston Chronicle*
Indianapolis Mike Chappell, Indianapolis Star
Jacksonville Sam Kouvaris, WJXT-TV
Kansas City Bob Gretz, KCFX Overland Park, KS
Miami Edwin Pope, Miami Herald*
Minnesota Sid Hartman, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
New England Ron Borges, Boston Globe
New Orleans Pete Finney, Times-Picayune
New York (Giants) Vinny DiTrani, Bergen Record
New York (Jets) Paul Zimmerman, Sports Illustrated
Oakland Frank Cooney, The Sports Xchange
Philadelphia Paul Domowitch, Philadelphia Daily News
Pittsburgh Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
St. Louis Bernie Miklasz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
San Diego Jerry Magee, San Diego Union Tribune*
San Francisco Ira Miller, San Francisco Chronicle*
Seattle John Clayton, ESPN/ESPN Magazine
Tampa Bay Ira Kaufman, Tampa Tribune
Tennessee David Climer, The Tennessean
Washington Len Shapiro, Washington Post*
PFWA Howard Balzer, The Sports Xchange/USA Today Sports Weekly
At Large Jarrett Bell, USA Today
At Large Dave Goldberg, Associated Press*
At Large Peter King, Sports Illustrated
At Large Bob Oates, Los Angeles Times
At Large Len Pasquarelli, ESPN.com
At Large Mike Wilbon, Washington Post

* Also serves on the Senior Selection Committee.

I hate to be the one to put a dampener on all this righteous anger but would it not be better to find out who voted against him first

if I had voted for someone and then got a vitriolic email from somone who also supports who I voted for I would be inclined not to vote for them next time

And believe me - there will be a next time

Peter King and Z are a-holes.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/w ... index.html

Amberion wrote:I hate to be the one to put a dampener on all this righteous anger but would it not be better to find out who voted against him first

We know where these two bafoons stand. Each one is -on record- against Monk:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/w ... l/?cnn=yes

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/w ... index.html

We know who we are after.

Anybody that is a member of other boards, please spread the word. Dump SI!

More information is leaking about the process:

Monk got further than he did a year ago, when he was eliminated in the cut from 15 to 10 finalists. "It's disappointing," Redskins owner Dan Snyder said in a statement released through a team spokesman. "Both Art and Russ are among the NFL's greatest players as well as the Redskins', and both belong in the Hall of Fame. Art's admission is long overdue."

The voters, including Leonard Shapiro and Michael Wilbon of The Washington Post, eliminated Richard Dent, Claude Humphrey, Bob Kuechenberg, Roger Wehrli and George Young in the cut from 15 finalists to 10. They eliminated Grimm, Monk, L.C. Greenwood and Derrick Thomas in the cut to six.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar ... 5Feb5.html

I look forward to read what Shapiro and Wilbon have to say for themselves.

I agree, not only king but the rest of the voters are lame also.Monk didn't get in and not only that,no Wr at all got in!!!The voters only care about making a good story and not who is deserving.

Thats the spirit, putting DUMP SI in your Sig.

If everyone Dumps SI, these fools will have to reconsider their voting. Art Monk deserves the Hall! Give the man some recognition.....

sent to king for monday morning qb

I have a statement then a question. Just like the Pro Bowl has become a popularity contest, YOU and your ilk have turned the HoF into the same thing. Since you seem to like influencing who gets in instead of just casting your undeserved vote, why don't you start a campaign to change the names to Fan Bowl and Hall of who had less skill but were better stories?

Anyone got email addresses for King and SI? I can't seem to find them...

my brothers. i'm new to this forum yet my pain is felt deeper than ever. ART MONK not in the HOF!!!!!????? I feel shock and....sadness to live in a world full of this kind of BS!!!! c'mon back up QB's over all time greates!!!???

My questions is.... who the hell had a subcription to SI in the first place? They've been terrible for atleast the past decade....

BringThePain! wrote:My questions is.... who the hell had a subcription to SI in the first place? They've been terrible for atleast the past decade....

Maybe only a few in this board but you still see it lying around in some public places and dental offices (to put you to sleep, I guess). Let all companies know that SI is NOT the right publication to advertise by joining DUMP SI!

Spread the word to anybody in any way you can. Hit them in the only place that they (or their bosses) pay attention to: in their pockets.

Redskin in Canada wrote:

BringThePain! wrote:My questions is.... who the hell had a subcription to SI in the first place? They've been terrible for atleast the past decade....

Maybe only a few in this board but you still see it lying around in some public places and dental offices (to put you to sleep, I guess). Let all companies know that SI is NOT the right publication to advertise by joining DUMP SI!

Spread the word to anybody in any way you can. Hit them in the only place that they (or their bosses) pay attention to: in their pockets.

To those who go to the games, mebbe you could start a movement of signs bashing Peter King and SI next season. Make a whole theme of bashing those guys and supporting Monk. It could take off. Imagine a stadium full of signs at every homegame. That would get national attention on camera. Not sure how realistic it is, but mebbe being for Monk, it could get rolling. SI ,Peter king, and all the other haters would take notice at that.

Possibly some rich guy on our site here *looks around* could pay to have thousands of signs made up for distribution at the gates?...

or mebbe start a collection or something

Those S.I. guys don't know diddly. Not picking Art Monk proves it !! Look at the man, not just the stats

Well, let us say that Wilbon and Shapiro have Monk's back, I don't know about the others, but luckily I unsubscribe 3 years ago. Those two should get a bunch of hate mail from us.

Here in LA people don't even read , so we don't need to read that crappy magazine. Thats why theres ESPN, ye.