In fact, it's a tale as old as time, a sclerotic institution whose resistance to change keeps creating avoidable controversies. Blil Belichick's snub wasn't about Spygate, 'politics' or anything elseAMFOOT-NFL-PATRIOTS-BELICHICK | JOSEPH PREZIOSO/GettyImagesIn a story published Wednesday, Kansas City Star columnist Vahe Gregorian — a Pro Football Hall of Fame voter since 2021 — admitted publicly that he hadn't given Belichick his vote. But it wasn't because he thought the coach wasn't deserving, or because he wanted to teach him some sort of lesson. "In the last two years, under the new system fused together with the coach and contributor candidates, only three of the six senior nominees have made it through to the Hall," Gregorian writes. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is in serious need of an overhaulPro Football Hall of Fame | Aaron M. Sprecher/GettyImagesIt's worth noting here that all three of Greenwood, Craig and Anderson are Hall of Famers under any reaosnable definition of the term.