Jim McMahon and the BYU Hall of Fame.

[The_Douger]

Jim McMahon is my favorite BYU quarterback.

[wuapinmon]

I've thought for a long time that what BYU should do is assign 2 interns to visit JM regularly to oversee some sort of extension credit. They can spoonfeed him the material and facilitate his taking of the tests. He could even get credits for serving as some kind of lab rat to study the longterm effects of sub-concussive injury, by keeping a journal and recording his struggles. It would help him to graduate, it would help BYU collect data, it would help further the science of football head injuries. The interns could get education/teaching credits or neuro credits.

I wonder how they'd work around the ecclesiastical endorsement?

[pellegrino]

I wonder how they'd work around the ecclesiastical endorsement?

he just has to have a priest or an LDS bishop sign off on it. I'm sure he could find one or the other.

One thing is for sure, if this is ever going to happen then BYU has to take some initiative, and fast. It would be a shame for Jimmy Mac to lose his memory and be physically unable to complete the graduation requirement, especially because he took plenty of hits while playing 4 years at BYU.

[byu71]

I wonder how they'd work around the ecclesiastical endorsement?

I wonder how Bronco would feel about this? Jim gets into Hall of Fame, but wouldn't be recruited now days?

I guess you just say, hey things were different back then and leave it at that.

[creekster]

How can Jim McMahon, by any measure that has anything to do with football, not be in the BYU sports hall of fame? I think it is embarrassing. If he was good enough to represent the university on Saturday afternoons, he is good enough to be in its hall of fame.

[Shaka]

I wonder how they'd work around the ecclesiastical endorsement?

How long has he been living with his GF? Surely it's been long enough to rationalize it as a common law marriage which puts him in the clear on that front. Now that caffeinated beverages are off the list of bad things maybe we can negotiate an old school interpretation of the WoW and allow him mild barley beverages.

[Sleeping in EQ]

How can Jim McMahon, by any measure that has anything to do with football, not be in the BYU sports hall of fame? I think it is embarrassing. If he was good enough to represent the university on Saturday afternoons, he is good enough to be in its hall of fame.

Amen.

[CardiacCoug]

Yeah no question McMahon needs to go into the BYU Hall of Fame. Really who cares about graduation or honor code stuff at this point 30 years later?

[dabrockster]

If they do not bend on this I will have 2 things I will forever curse BYU for..

1. BYU removing their Wrestling program
2. Not allowing Jimmy Mac in to the Hall of Fame.


The idea that the BYU Suits would not show mercy on this to a person who may not have his mental capacity in the near future just makes me plumb mad dog mad (A little play of words on the quote)...

[SteelBlue]

I didn't realize McMahon was deteriorating mentally. Is this new information, or common knowledge that I've somehow avoided? I didn't see the SI article referenced here, maybe it was there?

[The_Douger]

Would it matter at all if a grass roots type of effort were made on behalf of Jim by the fans?

[MarkGrace]

I didn't realize McMahon was deteriorating mentally. Is this new information, or common knowledge that I've somehow avoided? I didn't see the SI article referenced here, maybe it was there?

I didn't know until I saw the SI cover.

[byu71]

Would it matter at all if a grass roots type of effort were made on behalf of Jim by the fans?

NO!!

[DU Ute]

I didn't realize McMahon was deteriorating mentally. Is this new information, or common knowledge that I've somehow avoided? I didn't see the SI article referenced here, maybe it was there?

I just assumed he was deteriorating mentally based on my interactions with other BYU attendees from that time period.

[MarkGrace]

@docsls @jimmcmahon My work is not done w/o #9 hanging from press box at LVES.

Jimmy's response:

@TomHolmoe @docsls thx Tommy new I could count on u ! Gonna try I work on those credits my man ...

https://twitter.com/TomHolmoe/status/258371746674122752