The legacy of that shameful stance is that baseless suspicion may now keep some deserving players, like Bagwell, out of the Hall of Fame.
It wouldn't perhaps turn young superstars into student-athletes, but in today's hideous economic times, it might turn some deserving teenagers into students.
On the other hand, it's sometimes just fun to watch Saoirse Ronan or Ellen Page — or all the other sisters of Angelina Jolie, our era's pioneering and still supreme female action star — beat up some deserving Badman.
Researchers (Fraiser, 1991, as cited in Valdés 2003) warn that reliance on teacher nominations could contribute to the exclusion of some deserving students due to teacher bias.
The setup seems to be that Noel surprises some deserving person shortly before Christmas by knocking on their door and revealing that he knows everything about their personal life, including a recent hardship they have undergone, before giving them a gift they'll never forget.
Undoubtedly, some deserving cases are turned down.
