New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick laughed off a question about fantasy football Thursday.
A 14-year-old reporter for NBC’s Nightly News: Kids Edition saw his question about fantasy football dismissed by the NFL legend while interviewing Belichick at the Patriots’ training camp.
“We’re obsessed with fantasy football,” the reporter said. “Even though we know you don’t play, do you think it’s good or bad for the NFL?”
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“Fantasy football doesn’t mean anything to me.”
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“Honestly, I don’t really have any opinion on that,” Belichick said. “Fantasy football doesn’t mean anything to me. We’re just trying to win games out here, and so, I don’t know who’s hot, who’s not, who wins, who doesn’t. I don’t really care about that. I just care about whether we win.”
“So, yeah, have fun with that,” Belichick said with a chuckle.
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There were 45.9 million fantasy sports players over the age of 18 in 2019, the last year the information was available, according to the Fantasy Sports and Gaming Association.
Belichick has coached in the NFL since 1975, working for the New York Giants, the Cleveland Browns, and briefly with the New York Jets. His position as head coach with the New England Patriots began in 2000 and resulted in 17 AFC East division titles, 13 appearances in the AFC Championship Game, and nine Super Bowl appearances, with a record six wins for the team. Belichick is one of three NFL coaches to have won the Super Bowl that many times.
