Bill Belichick, the eight-time Super Bowl-winning coach, is not a first-ballot Hall of Famer.

In voting earlier this month, Belichick fell short of the 40 out of 50 votes needed for induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame during his first year of eligibility, four sources with firsthand knowledge of the outcome told ESPN. Belichick received a call from a Hall representative last Friday afternoon with the news that he won’t be inducted into the Hall in Canton, Ohio, this summer.

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    2 days ago

    It’s funny if they hold deflategate against him, but Brady goes in 1st ballot. Otherwise the league is shaping itself to make an āss of itself.

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        So who decided that winning with multiple teams is the only thing that erases being associated with a scandal? Seems like cherry picking standards.