It is not uncommon for the football coach of the top state school in a state to be one of the highest paid government employees. They are paid with tax dollars. It's not something all tax payers are on board to begin with. But in this case,
Bill Belichick because of his contract being so extreme for that school is the highest paid state employee in North Carolina history. The spectacle of what is going on before the season needs to not reflect the football program itself. Because if the team is mid and Bill is bringing everyone surrounding the school bad publicity, there is an extra level of scrutiny that tax payers will be mad that their money is being pissed away on this guy and the pressure will be greater.
If Kraft pays a coach a stupid amount of money and they flop, people aren't evaluating based off wasteful government spending. It's just Kraft making a bad bet. For NC, there's a lot of eyes on the highest paid state employee in history and if he's a positive to their football program or an embarrassment to everyone.
People in this sub, especially a lot of heavily pro Belichick people have often had serious issues with the idea of a tax payer funded football stadium. Well Bill Belichick is a tax payer funded football coach. He's also got a top 5 college coach salary and he's the only one that isn't at a powerhouse (Georgia, Ohio, Clemson). So there is going to be a lot of eyeballs on this bet they made with tax payer money