Quick question for you.
Back in the 1970s, the Baseball HOF decided that Negro League players would be eligible for induction if a special committee (Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues) selected them. In seven years, the committee elected nine men; they are Cool Papa Bell, Oscar Charleston, Martin Dihigo, Josh Gibson, Monte Irvin, Judy Johnson, Buck Leonard, Pop Lloyd, and Satchel Paige. After the 1977 election, the committee announced that it had done its job and disbanded. It refused to allow itself to be taken over by a different element, or to take actions that would serve to dilute what it had done. After all, these nine men are legends and are known to even casual baseball fans; the committee could have stuck around and then inducted several more, but they decided not to. It was a remarkable act of restraint that, in baseball terms, was right there with Cincinnatus and George Washington.
My question is, slightly over a year after a protest that demanded changes, what is the future of FANS with those changes actually taking place? Does it transition into an actual separate organization with a different mission, does it continue to serve as an unofficial watchdog of sorts, or does it simply cease to exist?
