North Carolina coach Bill Belichick has stated of his new job, “I didn’t come right here to go away.” His contract, nonetheless, makes it very straightforward to go away.
After June 1, 2025, the buyout plummets from $10 million to $1 million. As famous on Sunday, that time period wasn’t randomly generated. It was particularly negotiated.
To his credit score, Jim Gray went there within the newest Let’s Go! podcast with Belichick.
Specifically, Gray requested Belichick concerning the buyout, and whether or not it means he has left the door open to depart.
Said Belichick: “Jim, you recognize I don’t focus on contracts.”
That is sensible when the contract is secret, as his NFL contracts at all times had been. In this context, it’s a copout.
Belichick’s UNC contract is public data. And it reveals that he negotiated and obtained a ridiculously inexpensive buyout clause, as of June 1, 2025. It’s truthful to ask how that time period reconciles together with his predictable vow (for recruiting functions) to by no means, ever go away.
Gray however requested Belichick whether or not he left the door open to return to the NFL.
“No, I’m right here at North Carolina,” Belichick stated. “I wish to be at Carolina, and I’m enthusiastic about being at Carolina.”
That’s high quality. But why a budget buyout? For so long as he refuses to elucidate it, we’ll proceed to consider it’s there for a motive.
The motive is apparent. Someday, he would possibly resolve to make use of it.
