{"id":439902,"date":"2026-01-29T02:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T02:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439902\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T02:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T02:25:08","slug":"pro-football-hall-of-fame-releases-statement-following-belichick-snub-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439902\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Hall of Fame releases statement following Belichick snub report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another wrinkle has been added to the Bill Belichick-Hall of Fame saga.<\/p>\n

After originally declining to comment on the situation, the Pro Football Hall of Fame released a statement<\/a> on Wednesday regarding the rumours surrounding Belichick’s snub, stating, “If it is determined that any member(s) violated the selection bylaws, they understand actions will be taken.”<\/p>\n

NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo added<\/a> that the violation of the selection bylaws applies to non-football reasons, such as being non-cooperative with the media.<\/p>\n

Perhaps more importantly, Garafolo also stated that regarding Belichick, his ‘Spygate’ and ‘Deflategate’ scandals during his time as the Patriots head coach are considered football-related, and therefore, no actions would be taken against voters.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, ESPN’s Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr. reported<\/a> that an anonymous source revealed Hall of Fame general manager and current voter Bill Polian believed Belichick should “wait a year” as a result of two cheating scandals.<\/p>\n

However, Polian denied that rumour, telling Sports Illustrated’s Matt Verderame that he voted for Belichick, before then telling ESPN that he’s 95 per cent sure and couldn’t remember.<\/p>\n

The former GM ultimately cleared the air during an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Wednesday, in which he revealed confirmation that Belichick was on his ballot.<\/p>\n

“I voted for coach Belichick in the Hall of Fame selection meeting,\u201d Polian said<\/a>. \u201cThe Pro Football Hall of Fame has confirmed that fact through the auditors of the selection process. Again, I\u2019ll state that I never said that I believed that Coach Belichick should \u2018wait a year\u2019 for enshrinement.”<\/p>\n

Belichick’s eight Super Bowl rings \u2014 six as head coach of the Patriots, two as a defensive co-ordinator \u2014\u00a0are the most in NFL history. <\/p>\n

The new Hall of Fame inductees will be announced during the NFL Honours on Feb. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another wrinkle has been added to the Bill Belichick-Hall of Fame saga. After originally declining to comment on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-439902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}