The New Year could end up being a very good one for Bill Polian.
He could end up rejoining the Buffalo Bills as soon as Monday, and he could end up being elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame despite his return to the NFL.
Unlike coaches and players, who must endure a five-year waiting period before consideration for the Hall of Fame, contributors have no such requirement, according to Pro Football Hall of Fame Executive V.P. of Museums, Selection Process & Chief Communications Officer Joe Horrigan. Examples cited by Horrigan include Ralph Wilson, Pete Rozelle, Al Davis, and Lamar Hunt.
The impact of a return by Polian on his candidacy is unknown, primarily because the creation of a new contributor category for 2015 entails layers or unknowns.Plenty of unknowns regarding the 2015 football season will begin to be known as of Monday (if not sooner), when some of the 20 teams that fail to qualify for the postseason begin to make changes.
