Monk Fails To Be Elected To Canton

We are supposed to be civilized and humble, all the things former Washington Redskins wide receiver Art Monk was, at times like these. But Monk's rejection, again, as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, diminishes those who kept him out for the seventh time, and it sure as hell diminishes the hall.

How in the name of decency can the electors elevate loud-mouth Michael Irvin while rejecting Monk?

One story making the rounds in wake of today's latest rejection of Monk is that he did not talk with reporters during his career. So what? This is not a conversation hall of fame. It is a sports hall of fame, for crying out loud.

What it has become in recent years is a buddy-buddy hall of fame.

I suppose it is OK to put in drug users such as Irvin but keep out straight-as-an-arrow guys such as Monk.

If I were Monk and his supporters I would tell those doing the voting to, in the immortal words of Sam Goldwyn, "Include me out!"

What a joke this exercise is. What a big joke.