Steve Tasker's Hall of Fame path now has a roadblock. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is changing its voters and voting process. Yahoo Sports reports those changes make Tasker's enshrinement nearly impossible.
That's the kind of news that tempts a writer to search for a bright side. Not today. This is not a hidden win. Tasker is a candidate who just saw the rules change against him. And the honest thing is to say so.
But there's a broader angle worth seizing. The Hall of Fame isn't a static museum. It's changing its voters. It's changing its process. That's institutional movement. It means the Hall is willing to admit its old way wasn't sacred. That's a rare quality anywhere. In football, it's almost unheard of.
That doesn't help Tasker. In fact, it may have hurt him. But it means the Hall is still capable of evolution. And an evolving Hall is one that might, someday, get it right. Not for Tasker. But for someone. The process may have turned against him now. But the process, by its very nature, is never final.
