2003 Hall of Fame Metallics Football Forum

OK, I'm sure this has probably been asked before for other sets, but the Hall of Fame cards generally list ALL of the teams for which the player played during his career.  As an example, the Joe DeLamielleure card (http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/165388/cid/10578829/2003-Hall-of-Fame-Metallics-NNO-Joe-DeLamielleure) lists the Buffalo Bills and the Cleveland Browns.

I can edit the team field to read "Buffalo Bills / Cleveland Browns", but how do I link to the TID's for both teams (182/186)?  When I changed the team identification, it removed the TID link to the Bills.  Didn't want to screw anything up, so I changed it back. 

In addition, looking at the card, it lists his college in parentheses under his name: "(Michigan State)"  Should the card ALSO be linked the Michigan State Spartans?  I'm new at editing, so I don't want to screw anything up...

Never mind...when all else fails, pull your head out of your **** and read the FAQ.

The Joe D. card is now linked to the Bills AND the Browns.

I still have the question about including the college team as well though...

Disclaimer: I am not sure if this card should list multiple teams. I am also not sure his college should be named (I don't think it should, because we don't do that on the thousands of other NFL cards).

Now, how to link mutliple teams.

1. Select "Add Multiple or Other" in the Team drop down on the main card page
2. Enter both teams using "Team 1 / Team 2"
3. Back on the card's main page, under the images (or where the images should be) there will be "Linked to: (edit team links) - Click the link
4. That page will have a button "Create Links" - click it - verify the teams are correct
5. Click on Return to Card link at the bottom of that page

They will remain black, but there will be links to the two teams now (Linked to: Buffalo Bills; Cleveland Browns; (edit team links)) where the link was before.

Thanks Dan...as I said, I figured it out from the FAQ (I should have gone there before posting) while you were typing your reply.  From everything I can see in the DB guidelines, both NFL teams should be listed.  The photo on the card is of his HOF bust (no uniform pictured), and the teams are both listed with the years he played on each (1973-1979, 1985 Buffalo Bills; 1980-1984 Cleveland Browns).  Especially for a player like this whose career was more or less equally split, choosing one team over the other would be arbitrary.  

As I said, the college team is less clear in my opinion, and the only reason I asked is that it is specified on the card itself.  My gut says "no" since it's a pro card and simply gives the college for which he played, but if I can get a definitive answer, I'm more than willing to go back and edit the cards for which I can find a picture (and thus confirm what the card itself indicates).

yeh, i'm not to sure about linking all the teams, not saying it can't or shouldn't be done, but I look at Warren Moon who played for 5 teams to include one Canadian and Morten Anderson who also played for 5 teams. There are other older HOF's who played for mulitple teams both American and Canadian leagues. And def leave college out. Maybe link to what team he retired as or being inducted as .. which team is retiring the jersey? just a thought. or correct as we go.

I would vote for NO on the college. If it was the college HOF, then yes, and ignore any Pro teams.

Yeah, I agree on the college but wanted to be sure...the pro teams is a little less clear.  Obviously the team they retired from wouldn't make sense to me (Joe Montana, for example, officially retired as a KC Chief even though everyone associates him with the 49ers).  The team that he was inducted as is a better choice IMO, and that would reduce the number of teams to only 2 or 3 at most.  The Pro Football HOF, for example, lists DeLamielleure as a member of both the Bills and Browns franchises, but someone like Deion Sanders, who played for 5 different teams during his career, is officially inducted as a member of two (Dallas and Atlanta) while they acknowledge that he played for the others (SF, BAL, WAS) without crediting him as a "primary contributor" to those teams.  :Likewise, Montana was inducted only as a 49er.  

Baseball would be a little easier since you can just go by the team that the HOF designates as his "Primary Team", although others may prefer to go by the cap in which his plaque pictures him (Reggie Jackson, for example, has a primary team of the Oakland Athletics, but is shown in a Yankees cap).  Not sure how the other Halls do it.

Anyway, I fired off an e-mail to Admin hoping to get a definitive answer rather than trying to get a consensus here.  When I get a reply, I'll copy it here as well...