Have to admit Arrib that I am one of the 3 or more titles earns entry brigade but would agree that there are some people within the sport who may deserve entry with no titles (do they allow entry to the likes of Kanemoto for example?)
The thing for me with some of those inducted is more that they are inducted before other riders who may have achieved more (be that titles, races etc) and thus to me it lowers what a legend is all about (based on that which I grew up learning)
There will always be exceptions to every rule, but if the qualifications are lowered that the rule of entry becomes lower thus that the exceptions become those likely to truly deserve entry
The other interesting point for me, albeit a pedantic one is that MotoGP only started with the four stroke class and thus many of those inducted are not MotoGP legends as they did not compete in the relevant class, however they are Motorcycle Grands Prix legends. Pedantic yes, but the title of MotoGP is misleading to the era in which many of these guys competed
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