{"id":2467,"date":"2026-02-01T01:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2026-02-01T01:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:25:07","slug":"shocking-new-details-revealed-on-how-many-votes-bill-belichick-actually-missed-out-on-to-get-inducted-into-the-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=2467","title":{"rendered":"Shocking New Details Revealed On How Many Votes Bill Belichick Actually Missed Out On To Get Inducted Into The Hall Of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So much for Bill Belichick being a slam-dunk inductee.<\/p>\n<p>One of the top\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0stories this week was\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/bill-belichick\/\">Bill Belichick<\/a>\u2019s stunning snub from the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width has-xs-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div data-stn-player=\"n2psbctm\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-placeholder vp-gqwo53q voltax-mp-placeholder-in-place\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-container-in-place\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-video-wrapper-in-place\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-video-player-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-video-player\"><video class=\"voltax-mp-video-tag-player\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/66774bb1-6442-4fdb-aa56-03d80852cd6f\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/p>\n<div pseudo=\"-webkit-media-controls\" class=\"sizing-small phase-pre-ready state-no-source\">\n<div pseudo=\"-webkit-media-controls-enclosure\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-controls-wrapper vp-c12rhays\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-title-bar titleBar voltax-mp-inside-title title-main vp-t150ne3n vp-tnzk33k vp-viiqex6\"><span class=\"title vp-tyfrdcs\">Highly Rated Recruits Visiting Cal<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-qualities-container qualitiesContainer vp-q1096zjp\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-controls-bar controlbarContainer vp-c74tjk vp-voztys4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"mplayer-aps-friendly-iframe-0-9bN6-HZ3U-7RLM-sihf\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bill Belichick became eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the first time this year. With six\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/super-bowl\/\">Super Bowl<\/a>\u00a0rings (the most among any head coach) and 302 victories (third-most ever), Belichick should have been a first-ballot Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/lebron-james-reaction-bill-belichick-rejected-by-pro-football-hall-of-fame\/\">Patrick Mahomes and LeBron James were among the vocal critics<\/a>\u00a0of Belichick being left out of Canton this year. The Pro Football Hall of Fame even\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/pro-football-hall-of-fame-releases-scathing-statement-after-bill-belichicks-head-scratching-snub\/\">issued a statement after Belichick\u2019s snub<\/a>, warning its voters that action will be taken, \u201cIf it is determined that any member(s) violated the selection process bylaws.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-no-content-width has-xs-padding-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To make this saga even more infuriating for Belichick? He was as close as it gets to reaching the Hall without actually making it.<\/p>\n<p>Gerry Dulac of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/sports\/steelers\/2026\/01\/30\/pro-football-hall-of-fame-bill-belichick-lc-greenwood\/stories\/202601300059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is one of the Canton voters. Dulac wouldn\u2019t reveal how he voted, but he reports that Belichick was just one vote away from getting his call to the Hall:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cTo be elected, a candidate has to receive at least 80% of the votes, or, in this instance, 40 of the 50. Belichick, according to a published report, did not. He received 39.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-md-margin-top has-md-margin-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The wait has to be irritating for Belichick, yes. But it\u2019s impossible to imagine him being snubbed again next year. His spot in Canton is coming.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-bill-belichick-s-snub-is-a-bad-look-on-the-hall-of-fame-voters\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bill Belichick\u2019s Snub Is A Bad Look On The Hall Of Fame Voters<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2468\" src=\"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bill-Belichick-3-595x327-1-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bill-Belichick-3-595x327-1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bill-Belichick-3-595x327-1.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Bill Belichick (Image Credits: Imagn)<\/p>\n<p><\/em>During his coaching days with the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/\">New England Patriots<\/a>, Belichick wasn\u2019t the most popular football figure among other teams and fanbases. Yes, there were the Spygate and Deflategate scandals. And no, he was hardly friendly and warm to the media.<\/p>\n<p>But this is by far the greatest coach in NFL history. This is a man with six Super Bowl rings as a head coach. He also won two as the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/new-york-giants\/\">New York Giants<\/a>\u2019 defensive coordinator. If he ever returns to the NFL, he\u2019ll likely break Don Shula\u2019s win record.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just a terrible all-around for the Hall of Fame to snub Belichick. The voters aren\u2019t obligated to explain their decisions, but the whole thing could have been avoided if they rightfully inducted Belichick in his first year of eligibility.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; So much for Bill Belichick being a slam-dunk inductee. One of the top\u00a0NFL\u00a0stories this week was\u00a0Bill Belichick\u2019s stunning snub from the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions\/2470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}