>there are 5 modern WRs that went 1st ballot to the hall
>
>Raymond Berry - YT
>Lance Alworth - YT
>Paul Warfield - black
>Steve Largent - YT
>Jerry Rice - black
>
>For a position that is dominated by black athletes...there
>appears to be a disparity in 1st ballot hall entries
>
>Jerry is obviously the bar...but are Moss and T.O. really that
>far away from errybody that they have to wait
>
>Art Monk
>
>hell, even Michael Irvin had to wait
>
>I mean, looking at that list, race looks like a factor to me
>
>...and as somebody pointed out in this thread...where are the
>first ballot CBs…?

There are barely any DBs at all.
>
>That is, as the league has transitioned to a forward pass
>league...to a pass first league...you would think there would
>be more acknowledgements for said transitions at primary
>positions on both sides of the ball
>

Maybe it will happen. It should, but I don't think it's about race. RB is an almost entirely black position and they get more HOF love than safeties, which has been a whiter position.