Tom Brady is retired

[epraz]

View: https://twitter.com/dawnstaley/status/1820192294059868392

OK, but

View: https://twitter.com/dawnstaley/status/1820566534605185065

 

[nattysez]

This is interesting.

Brady will face severe TV restrictions if he's approved as a Raiders owner, according to ESPN's Seth Wickersham.

As a team owner, the retired quarterback - who is also Fox's lead NFL game analyst starting this season - wouldn't be allowed in another team's facility and wouldn't be permitted to witness practice or attend broadcast production meetings, the league told Wickersham, who adds that another issue could be the lack of access to coaches and players before games. Those rules wouldn't apply to other Fox staffers.

The conditions were presented to NFL owners at a meeting in Minneapolis on Tuesday. They were shown on a slide titled "Brady - Broadcast Restrictions." NFL owners themselves had raised questions regarding the retired QB's potential role, a source told Wickersham.

Additionally, Brady would be subject to fines for publicly criticizing game officials and other clubs. He'd also be subject to the NFL's gambling policy and anti-tampering rules.

In May 2023, Brady agreed to terms on a deal with the Raiders to become a minority owner in the team. Though the sale has yet to become official, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has repeatedly said that it's making progress. The move was reportedly delayed after Raiders owner Mark Davis offered a discounted price to Brady, which concerned the league's financial committee.

Brady's bid has been stuck in the league's finance committee, according to Wickersham. If it clears the committee, his ownership stake needs votes from at least 24 owners to be officially approved.

Brady to face TV restrictions if approved as Raiders part-owner
https://thescore.com/nfl/news/3062725

 

[Mystic Merlin]

That’s not workable for him in that FOX color role, which is probably the point.

 

[Reverend]

Why are the owners at all interested in Brady being an owner? Just PR / image stuff? I guess I have the same question about LeBron.

 

[Bergs]

Why are the owners at all interested in Brady being an owner? Just PR / image stuff? I guess I have the same question about LeBron.

Because these are the same small-minded nepo-babies that forced deflate gate into being a thing. They are literally the worst humans in the world: billionaires who don't use their wealth for the profit of humanity.

 

[Justthetippett]

This is interesting.





Brady to face TV restrictions if approved as Raiders part-owner
https://thescore.com/nfl/news/3062725

So, he'll be generally aware that these rules may be broken and end up in commentator prison? Fun!

I love watching football and will as long as it's on, but these idiots and their rules. It really does boggle the mind sometimes. If the other teams know he's an owner they might just, you know, use their common sense in talking to him during preproduction meetings. That is if Brady doesn't wear a ninja suit and ransack their playbook library while he's in the building.

 

[Hoya81]

As the Philly-TB game was winding down, Brady revealed that Chicago was in the mix to sign him when he left NE in 2020, which I’m not sure had been reported before. The Bears actually started 5-1 that year before stumbling to an 8-8 finish and a first round playoff exit. Chicago didn’t have the kind of offensive weapons that Tampa had, but could have picked up Gronk and some other options in FA.