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Fact-forward news for readers like you who want to know more. Subscribe today. By Nick O'Malley nomalley masslive. Belichick loves this kind of stuff, say his friends and associates, who never want to be quoted when speaking in depth about him. He loves it because he hates so much of the nonsense that surrounds football, has a longstanding disdain for the league office and carries a rebel streak that finds greater joy in making a defiant stand than cashing a check.
Rather than give a ranting speech about the sideshow nature of the NFL, he'd prefer the passive-aggressive nature of a quiet protest and hope the world picks up on it. The crazy thing about all of this is if Belichick just joins the NFLCA, he picks up a nice extra paycheck in exchange for the video game using his likeness. Madden is not the only game that has to find replacements for athletes and coaches. The game Tecmo Super Bowl had came in out when three of the league's highest profile quarterbacks were not in the NFLPA, but they found a way to slyly add them.
By Shanna McCarriston. Aug 2, at pm ET 2 min read. What's wrong with Travis Kelce? When the Patriots were caught filming the coaching signals of the New York Jets in , a story that, in Belichick's opinion, was blown into a far bigger scandal than it deserved, mostly thanks to the league office, the Patriots began scoring huge sums of points even as the game was out of reach.
He continued to claim he wasn't running up the score. As the story goes — a story that's taken on legend around the franchise since a number of players retold it — Belichick wasn't pleased when the NFL signed a clothing deal with Reebok that required coaches to wear approved clothing during games. This was some executive in New York telling grown men how to dress. Since when did football coaches become clothing models?
There was no way to opt out of that deal so Belichick considered the fashion options laid out in front of him, and selected the most unstylish outfit, a grey hooded sweatshirt. He began wearing it each week. Only not before having the sleeves cut off to make it even less attractive. The irony is the "BB hooded sweatshirt" became a hot seller. It was so bad, it was cool. It now comes in all sizes and colors, even women's versions.
Belichick is one of sports' most fascinating figures because in an era of conformity, access and image, he refuses to play along. He both cares and doesn't care what people think about him, all at the same time. If you work a little to read between the lines, then a lot of it is obvious. Players say when they meet someone new and tell them they play for the team, they're almost immediately asked, "What's Bill Belichick like? Belichick is a highly intelligent, charismatic and engaging person.
When he wants to be. He's famous for cutting up on players during film sessions. He can be a great storyteller. He counts, among other celebrities, Jon Bon Jovi as a friend. On certain topics, he's fascinating. On the foolishness, he's not.
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