The writers need to be removed from the HoF selection process - especially since their ranks are now filled with ESPN-style SJW’s. It’s only a matter of time before HoF candidates are being blackballed for making “heteronormative remarks” in high school.
I agree about writers having the votes. In the words of a friend who tells me, “No Hall of Fame is valid as long as it admits umpires, owners, and broadcasters.” The HOF has been cheapened to be a large popularity contest.
I would note that Lee Smith was voted in (finally) and will be inducted next season, by the veteran’s committee.
The individual vote should be stripped, not the broad group of writers, until they show a pattern as a group.