Bob Hohler article came out over night last night. It's enjoyed a good run on social media with several national journalists congratulating Hohler on his takedown of the Golden Boy's image. In sum, Hohler reports that while Brady raised over 46 million dollars for Best Buddies, BB turned around and donated 3.5 million to other Brady charities of choice. They seem to have had a deal in place since 2011 and BB also appears to very much welcome the arrangement - realizing, of course, that without such a deal there's no way they could raise that kind of cash on their own. Nevertheless, Hohler and his editors view this agreement as shady and worthy of an expose in the Sunday paper. Minihane has already weighed in so it's likely to be a top story in the region this week.
Much of the saner criticism is that Brady, or BB, should have acknowledged the deal sooner and informed donors that it was possible that some (maybe as much as 7.5%) would be going to other TB charities. I'm not sure if this sort of thing is normal but the whole thing seems overblown (surprise!) and may even deter athletes from doing this kind of good work if they're simply exposing themselves to even more criticism than they already receive.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2017/04/22/tom-brady-gives-much-best-buddies-but-takes-millions-for-his-personal-trust/fX6A4ZqPaYAehmHllm9iLI/story.html
Much of the saner criticism is that Brady, or BB, should have acknowledged the deal sooner and informed donors that it was possible that some (maybe as much as 7.5%) would be going to other TB charities. I'm not sure if this sort of thing is normal but the whole thing seems overblown (surprise!) and may even deter athletes from doing this kind of good work if they're simply exposing themselves to even more criticism than they already receive.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2017/04/22/tom-brady-gives-much-best-buddies-but-takes-millions-for-his-personal-trust/fX6A4ZqPaYAehmHllm9iLI/story.html