[VanillaGorilla]

I guess this isn't really the 30th Class, but the 30th year of the Hall. Details....

There have been 84 entrants. The chart is illustrative of the downward dynamic of Hall Standards over time. There are plenty of reasons for this trend in Real Life. As more teams enter and various metric points become relatively scarce in comparison to earlier years, this doesn't mean that the modern players are not as good as their predecessors, it just means that their scores are lower.

To argue that the recent classes are as strong as the inaugural class would be silly. However, as the mass inductions are pretty much done, the strength of the players inducted will increase as less 'filler' gets in. However, the figures on the overall metrics will continue to decline.

When looking at the plots, keep in mind that those plots to the right are the most recent ones and that they are on the chart, at all, is because of the "gravity" of the previous plots.The further up the chart a plot is, it will attract a higher entry plot. The lower the plot, the more its "gravity" will pull lower plots to the chart. The more lower plots, the stronger this pull for lower scores. They do not repel higher plots, per se, they just create an affinity for lower scoring plots which may cause a delay in some higher plots getting plotted.

At the same time, it makes it easier for "lower-high" plots to get plotted (players getting in without the Veteran Standard before they have been retired for 20 years). This sounds a whole lot more complicated when reading this clumsy presentation than it is.

Will just close this by saying I am happy with how the model has worked out, thus far.