Ladies and Gentlemen: We are happy to announce the official FOX Blog of Fame. (FBOF) After months of kicking around an idea, here it is. A place for you, the blogging community that has made this one of the best sports sites on the web.

The concept is simple. This is a blog about the best blogs on this site. A place that will run, and policed by you, the FOX Sports Blogger.

Overview: Every year there will be 12 blogs inducted into the FBOF. For the first three months, we will induct 3 blogs, one every month. After the first 3 months, we will induct 3 new blogs every three months. All three new blogs will be inducted all at once. (Jan= 1 blog, Feb= 1 blog, March= 1 blog, then we will induct 3 blogs in June, 3 blogs in Sept, and 3 in November.)

Then in December we will vote for the Blog of the Year, out of the Tenacious Twelve that were inducted in 2007.

The Rules: This is a gray area. Since this is a blog made for the community, we believe the rules should be made by the community as well. But with that said, here is what we have come up with so far. Please feel free to leave comments regarding any rules, or rule changes you have in mind.

Nominations: Before the voting time period starts, blogs must be nominated. You may not nominate yourself for any category. You must be nominated by someone else for the Blog of Fame. In order to nominate, or vote, you must have your own blog. Also, your blog must be at least three months old, or have at least 20 blog entries published to be eligible to vote and to nominate. Everyone that meets these standards, are eligible to nominate 3 blogs. (But everyone will only be able to vote once for the FBOF.) WHY? Well, this is just an idea. Sound off on what you think about the eligibility factors to participate.

Voting: Once the nominations have been counted. The top 5 nominated blogs in each category will be eligible for the FBOF. Once the top 5 nominations are announced, a voting period of one week will begin. To be eligible to vote, you once again need to have a blog that is over 3 months old, or at least 20 blog entries published. (Whichever comes first.) Here is the kicker. You can only vote ONCE! Each member of the blogging community is eligible to nominate as many blogs as you want, but when it comes time to vote, you can only vote once. You can only vote for one of the blogs that have been nominationed.

Once the week of voting has come to an end, the polls will be closed. And no other votes will be counted. The winner of the category will be announced, and that blog will be inducted to the FOX Blog of Fame.

Once the blog has been announced into the FBOF, that blog will not be eligible for any other category of the year. If your blog has been inducted into the FBOF, your blog will appear in the link category of this blog, and you will be eligible for the Blog of the Year award that will be voted upon in December.

Also, you will be made a member of the Board of Directors. Membership brings special privileges including being able to nominate any blog, at any time, and that blog will be eligible for voting no matter if it was not nominated by any other blogger, and did not make the top ten nominations. (A FBOF blog has the power to include an additional blog into the top ten nominated blogs for each category.) You will also be able to make changes to the process of the FBOF, vote on tie-breakers, and will be asked to help maintain this blog site.

In December of 2007, all the inducted Blogs of 2007 will be eligible for the Blog of the Year. The winner of the FBOF will be announced as not only the Blog of the Year, but also the Chairman of the Board for the next year of the FOX Blog of Fame. That means this blog will be passed onto the winner of the Blog of the Year, to do with it as they wish. To make any changes necessary, and be the Chairman of the Board of Directors. (The Tenacious Twelve)

We hope this is an idea that will turn into a tradition, and that every year the FOX Blog of Fame will evolve into a prestigious event. Just to be nominated is to be recognized as giving exceptional effort into making this one of the best blogging communities on the net.

We thank you for reading this entry, and look forward to hearing your ideas, your opinions, and even your complaints. We will be making the announcement for the category of the first FBOF next week. Stay tuned! And like always, please feel free to comment below, and to add this blog to your favorites.

*This blog site is in no relation to FOX Sports, or the FOX network. This blog will be run by the blogging community, and all opinions and entries do not reflect upon FOX, or any partner of FOX. No technical questions, or any FOX employee can be contacted through this blog. Any additional questions relating to the FBOF can be made by contacting FOXblogoffame@hotmail.com