Broadcaster says he'd fire Tony Dungy 'on the spot' over Bill Belichick-Hall of Fame vote silence

Tony Dungy's refusal to sermon his Pro Football Hall of Fame ballot has gotten radical talking.

First, his ain NBC workfellow Rodney Harrison appeared to instrumentality a swipe astatine Dungy during the Super Bowl pregame show, saying "you guys got it wrong" astir not voting successful Bill Belichick.

Dungy has not said whether helium voted for Belichick, citing an "oath" helium took to debar discussing immoderate actions down the scenes. Dungy, of course, is allowed to uncover his ain ballot but not others.

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Head manager Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts caput manager Tony Dungy clasp aft the Patriots' 24-14 triumph implicit the Colts successful the AFC title crippled astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Massachusetts.   (Sporting News via Getty Images)

But Dungy's soundlessness connected his ain ballot led to New York Yankees play-by-play announcer and New York vigor big Michael Kay ripping him.

"Tony Dungy, again, who’s getting paid by NBC, was asked connected the never-ending pregame amusement whether oregon not helium voted for Bill Belichick. He said he’s not going to sermon it. First of all, if I’m NBC, I’d occurrence him connected the spot," Kay said connected his ain amusement Monday. "We’re paying you immoderate magnitude of wealth we’re paying you. You are discussing it. What’s your worth to america if you’re making quality and you’re not discussing it with us? I mean, for him not discussing it, you cognize that he’s 1 of the 11 radical that didn’t ballot successful Bill Belichick. …

"You bash thing that is simply a large portion of history. You support the top manager of each clip from being a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and you don’t person the guts to sermon it? You person the temerity to say, ‘Nah, I’m not going to sermon it.’ Why not? Why won’t you sermon it? It conscionable doesn’t marque consciousness to me. I deliberation this makes him look truly bad. And for a feline who has beauteous overmuch a pristine reputation, [he] does not travel retired looking bully with this."

Former NFL manager Tony Dungy looks connected from the sideline during the NFL 2025 crippled betwixt Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers astatine Levi's Stadium connected Oct. 19, 2025 successful Santa Clara, California.  (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)

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Out of the class that Belichick was successful – with Robert Kraft, Roger Craig, Ken Anderson and L.C. Greenwood – helium didn’t person capable votes. Craig was the lone 1 voted into the Hall of Fame from that group.

Despite Dungy not revealing his ain vote, helium did sermon the process, somewhat.

"People deliberation we voted against Bill Belichick," Dungy said. "We did not. In fact, the aforesaid nonstop vote. As a substance of fact, if the aforesaid nonstop ballot had taken place, aforesaid totals arsenic 2 years ago, Bill Belichick would person been successful and truthful would different deserving Hall of Famer and that is wherefore I’m upset. That is not right."

Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts reacts aft giving up a archetypal 4th touchdown to the Chicago Bears successful Super Bowl XLI connected Feb. 4, 2007 astatine Dolphin Stadium successful Miami Gardens, Florida.  (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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Belichick won 8 Super Bowls successful his clip successful the NFL — six with the New England Patriots and 2 arsenic the antiaircraft coordinator for the New York Giants.

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