Did you know North Carolina politicians played a huge part in bringing Bill Belichick to UNC?
By the end of this video, you’ll understand just how large of a role political connections played in even the most supposedly apolitical of things—college football.
In a new Billy Ball Explains NC, we dig into how the legendary football coach’s connections with Trump’s Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, played a part in Belichick’s highly publicized takeover of football at UNC-Chapel Hill.
By the end, the saga included US Senators, top university officials in North Carolina, and the single most powerful politician in the state.
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Written and created by Billy Ball
Edited by Kim Lawson
Video edited by Melanie Duran
Graphics by Desirée Tapia
