On The Sports Reporters, Jeremy Schaap is joined by Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham and Dan Wetzel to discuss Bill Belichick not getting elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on first ballot.
0:00 Welcome to The Sports Reporters
1:21 Why wasn’t Bill Belichick inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
3:12 What do we know about what happened inside the Hall of Fame committee discussions?
5:15 Who did former GM and HOF voter Bill Polian vote for?
6:47 Revisiting the role and influence of Hall of Fame committee members
8:11 Possible reasons Bill Belichick was snubbed for HOF
10:50 Was it Bill or was it Tom? Did Belichick’s pre- and post-Tom Brady records matter?
13:27 Did Spygate and Deflategate scandals impact Belichick’s Hall of Fame case?
18:00 Voters, fans and athletes react: Has this decision backfired on the committee?
20:35 Belichick responds: What does this snub mean to him?
22:35 What does this say about the credibility of the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
25:30 Where do we go from here?
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