Two professional sports teams now have halls of fame honoring their most dedicated fans.
The Green Bay Packers Fan Hall of Fame was first, starting in 1998. The Packers named the 27th member of its fan hall of fame in February.
The New York Jets Fan Hall of Fame followed in 2017. This year, the team inducted four people, including Grammy Award-winning rapper, music producer and actor Method Man.
If I’ve learned anything about halls of fame in my years of documenting the trend, it’s that those two sports fan halls of fame won’t be the last.
On a related note, sports broadcaster ESPN created the ESPN Fan Hall of Fame in 2012 to celebrate die-hard fans from across sports. But it appears to have gone dormant after its 2014 induction ceremony.
