Bill Belichick and the Art of the Loophole

<p><strong>William Stephen Belichick</strong> (<span class= "rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa" xml:lang="en-fonipa"><a title="Help:IPA/English" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/<span title= "/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title= "'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title= "/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title= "'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title= "/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title= "/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span><span title= "/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title= "'k' in 'kind'">k</span>,<span class= "wrap"> </span><span title= "/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title= "'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title= "/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title= "'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title= "/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title= "/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span><span title= "/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title= "'k' in 'kind'">k</span>/</a></span></span>; born April 16, 1952) is an American professional <a title="American football" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football">football</a> coach who is the <a title="Head coach" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_coach#National_Football_League">head coach</a> and <a title= "General manager (American football)" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_manager_(American_football)">general manager</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Belichick#cite_note-2">[a]</a></sup> of the <a title="New England Patriots" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Patriots">New England Patriots</a> of the <a title="National Football League" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League">National Football League</a> (NFL). Widely regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class= "reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Belichick#cite_note-3">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Belichick#cite_