Two longtime general managers are one step from induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Bill Polian and Ron Wolf, master team builders and personnel men, were selected Wednesday afternoon as "contributor" nominees for the Class of 2015. Each will be presented to the 46-member full committee Jan. 31 in Phoenix, Arizona, and must each receive at least an 80 percent approval vote (37 yays) for election. This is the first time the Hall has had a separate category for contributors. It adopted the new format in hopes of giving nonplayers and noncoaches a fairer chance for induction. Contributors typically were filtered out when competing against players and coaches for votes. In fact, only nine contributors have been elected in the past 47 years. The nominees were selected by a nine-member subcommittee. The other candidates were personnel men Bobby Beathard, Gil Brandt and George Young; owners Eddie DeBartolo Jr., Pat Bowlen and Art Modell; retired commissioner Paul Tagliabue; official Art McNally; and the late NFL Films president Steve Sabol. Read more http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...d-contributor-nominees-pro-football-hall-fame
