The New England Patriots will not have salaries of two assistant coaches revealed publicly as part of a lawsuit, an Arkansas judge ruled on Tuesday.
According to the Boston Globe, four emails between Bill Belichick and team owner Robert Kraft from 2018 and 2019 were submitted as evidence in a lawsuit and counter-lawsuit between former Patriots assistant Bret Bielema and the University of Arkansas’ Razorback Foundation. The foundation sued Bielema, arguing that the former Razorbacks head coach violated terms of his buyout after he was fired in 2017.
The terms of Bielema’s buyout included $11.