Trump rips Pro Football Hall of Fame for 'ridiculous' decision to snub Bill Belichick from first-ballot honor

President Donald Trump ripped the determination to support Bill Belichick retired of the Pro Football Hall of Fame connected the archetypal ballot connected Wednesday.

Belichick didn’t get the 40 votes needed from the 50-person sheet of media members and different Hall of Famers, ESPN reported, citing sources. The snub drew outrage from crossed the sports spectrum, including Patrick Mahomes, LeBron James, Jimmy Johnson and others.

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President Donald Trump arrives astatine a dedication ceremonial for a information of Southern Boulevard that the Town of Palm Beach Council precocious voted to rename President Donald J. Trump Boulevard astatine his Mar-a-Lago Club successful Palm Beach, Florida, Jan. 16, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)

Trump added his dependable to the chorus successful a station connected Truth Social, portion besides criticizing the NFL’s dynamic kickoff rules.

"It is the aforesaid mindset that gave pro shot the caller and unwatchable ‘Sissy’ Kickoff Rule, that made it imaginable for Bill Belichick to not beryllium elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Both are ridiculous and should beryllium overturned!" the president posted.

Trump has routinely criticized the NFL for its caller kickoff rules, which were established up of the 2024 play and tweaked going into 2025.

Belichick was acceptable to person the Presidential Medal of Freedom during Trump’s archetypal term. However, the erstwhile New England Patriots caput manager turned it down aft the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots earlier the crippled betwixt the New England Patriots and the Cincinnati Bengals astatine Gillette Stadium connected Dec. 24, 2022 successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Winslow Townson/Getty Images)

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Belichick, who is presently the caput manager of the North Carolina Tar Heels, was 302-165 successful his vocation arsenic a caput manager betwixt the Patriots and the Cleveland Browns. He won six titles with Tom Brady as the caput manager of the Patriots earlier helium mutually parted ways with the franchise aft the 2023 season.

He served arsenic a antiaircraft adjunct nether Bill Parcells with the New York Giants from 1979-1991. The squad won 2 Super Bowls successful that time.

He had a arguable extremity with some the Browns and the New York Jets. The Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens nether the screen of darkness, fundamentally leaving the entirety of the franchise successful the city. As helium was acceptable to instrumentality the Jets’ caput coaching job, helium pulled retired astatine the past infinitesimal and decided to instrumentality the New England gig instead.

Bill Belichick answers questions during the property league pursuing a crippled betwixt the New England Patriots and the Cincinnati Bengals connected Dec. 24, 2022, astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Belichick’s Patriots’ vocation wasn’t precisely sunshine and rainbows either. He was caught up successful the Spygate and Deflategate scandals during his time. ESPN reported that the cheating scandals played a relation successful immoderate voters’ determination connected Belichick’s candidacy.

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Belichick’s coaching histrion appeared to beryllium arsenic beardown arsenic ever. The Patriots volition instrumentality to the Super Bowl with Mike Vrabel astatine the helm. Vrabel won 3 titles nether Belichick. Josh McDaniels, different Belichick unit member, is besides serving arsenic the team’s violative coordinator.

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