From PBS NewsHour.

Football fans are fuming over news that former New England head coach Bill Belichick is not going to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. ESPN first reported that the eight-time Super Bowl champion fell short of the required vote threshold in his first year of eligibility.

His longtime quarterback Tom Brady told a sports radio program: "I don’t understand it." Three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes called the news insane, and NBA legend LeBron James called the snub disrespectful.

Belichick’s career was not without controversy. In 2007, he was fined $500,000 after New England was caught filming signals from an opposing team. The NFL will formally announce this year’s Hall of Fame class on February 5.

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