NASHVILLE – K.S. “Bud” Adams has been named one of 25 candidates advancing in the Contributor Category for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2025.
Adams, long-time owner of the Oilers/Titans, is now in a pool of candidates who will be considered for a vote by the selection committee that will send nine contributors through to the semifinalists stage.
The Hall’s Contributor Blue-Ribbon Committee trimmed an original list of 47 nominees to these 25 individuals: K.S. “Bud” Adams, Roone Arledge, Chris Berman, Howard Cosell, Otho Davis, John Facenda, Mike Giddings, Ralph Hay, Frank “Bucko” Kilroy, Don Klosterman, Eddie Kotal, Robert Kraft, Virginia McCaskey, Rich McKay, John McVay, Art Modell, Lee Remmel, Eddie Robinson, Art Rooney Jr., Jerry Seeman, Seymour Siwoff, Amy Trask, Jim Tunney, Doug Williams and John Wooten.
Hall of Fame bylaws stipulate that Committee members vote for 20 individuals at this stage of the selection process, but the bylaws also allow for additional candidates to proceed in the case of any tie votes for the 20th position.
Each Contributor Blue-Ribbon Committee member will cast an additional ballot later this month to reduce the list further – this time to nine (9) semifinalists. Results will be announced in about two weeks.
Earlier this year, the Hall of Fame revised its bylaws beginning with the Class of 2025. Among the changes: a split of the Coach/Contributor category, which had been combined over the past few election cycles. Both categories now will send nominees through respective Blue-Ribbon Committees before candidates are considered by the full Selection Committee. The Blue-Ribbon Committees are comprised of nine (9) individuals: seven (7) who also are members of the full Selection Committee and two (2) others who hold full voting rights for this subcommittee only.
Through a sequence of reduction votes over several weeks, the Blue-Ribbon Committee will select one (1) Finalist for…
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