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| 1st April, 2009 - 11:19 am |  ESPN - The Hockey Hall of Fame is changing its rules in a move that signals it is ready to admit its first female player.
Starting in 2010, the Hall will consider male and female candidates separately.
"The new voting procedures address the basic principle and general view among the board of directors and selection committee that men and women ought not to compete directly against each other for limited places of honored membership," Hall chairman Bill Hay said in a statement.
"It creates fair conditions for all candidates while reinforcing that the existing basis for selection and requisite standards of excellence be applied equally to both genders." [READ] |
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