HOPDG rules
- HOPDG nominees cannot be in a Hall of Fame, with an Oscar, or recipients of the AFI lifetime achievement award.
- If an inductee is elected to a one of the qualifying entities above, they are removed from the inductee list and put into the “enshrined” category.
- An inductee cannot be removed from Induction.
- Fans vote the nominees into the HOPDG.
- There will be an induction every 60 days. One inductees will be chosen per session. Furthermore, the bottom vote earner in a category are available for replacement. (One-year eligibility before replacement.)
- Candidates will be screened via social media for nomination. Candidates may be suggested by the Otters and can repeat as a candidate if not selected for nomination in a given session.
- The commissioner reserves the right to induct any nominee who may pass away during their nomination period. (The Cliff Robinson Rule.)
- Every time the Facebook page rolls over another 1,000 fans, the highest vote earner of the 240 nominees automatically is inducted into HOPDG.
- Every “Otter” is given 3 votes per category. Additional votes may be obtained through a number of ways.
- Any nominee that is within 5 votes for first place are Inducted. (The “bad wifi rule”)
- The commissioner is allowed to choose special nominees without prior notification to the fan base in the categories of sports, film/tv, and music. This will be called the Commissioner Award.
- Nominees are allowed a “fan rep” to argue their case for induction and help with their induction process.
- Any fan rep who has their nominee inducted is also inducted in HOPDG. Furthermore, each successful fan rep may nominate a song in the Song Category.
- Any fan rep that has successfully represented three nominees for induction are given three nominations for them to nominate a nominee in the Hodgepodge category. Anyone may be nominated as long as they are eligible under the nominee rules above.