 Ceremonies have only been held outside of Victoria twice, once at Canberra in 2013 and once at Adelaide in 2017.In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the usual annual induction event was not held, and instead the new inductees and legend elevation were announced over four nights in a series of television shows.The Hall of Fame has been criticised by football writers and historians for being heavily biased towards figures from Victoria.