Pro Football Hall of Fame voter reveals reason why he snubbed Bill Belichick on first ballot

Sportscaster Jim Gray discusses former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s first-ballot snub from the Pro Football Hall of Fame on ‘America Reports.’

One of the first known voters who didn’t choose Bill Belichick as a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer has explained his choice. 

The Kansas City Star’s Vahe Gregorian wrote a column Wednesday revealing he was one of at least 11 Hall of Fame voters who didn’t vote for Belichick, which shocked the football world when the news surfaced Tuesday. 

While that report stated Belichick’s involvement in scandals with the New England Patriots like Spygate and Deflategate, Gregorian, who has been covering the league for nearly 40 years, said that wasn’t his reason for leaving the coach off his ballot.

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Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was denied entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Gregorian said the "curious selection dynamics" from the Hall led to him to cast his votes elsewhere.

Belichick was a part of a five-person pool separate from the 15-man modern-era ballot, in which each voter is tasked with selecting just three members to enter the Hall. Among those are three senior candidates, a contributor and a coach. 

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Belichick was the coach on this year’s ballot, while, coincidentally, Patriots owner Robert Kraft was the contributor nominee. 

But Gregorian explained why he chose to cast his three votes for the three senior members — Ken Anderson, Roger Craig and L.C. Greenwood — all of whom he believed deserved a spot in Canton.

Gregorian said he