After retiring from the NFL following the 2022 season, Tom Brady has set out to become a part owner of the Las Vegas Raiders while also stepping into a broadcast career with Fox. But it’s sounding more and more unlikely that he’s going to be able to do both of those jobs.
This week, the NFL announced that Tom Brady will face heavy restrictions as a broadcaster due to his relationship with the Las Vegas Raiders, and NFL insider Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk thinks those restrictions are a precursor to the other league owners ultimately rejecting Brady’s bid to become a part owner of the Raiders.
“The league’s unambiguous and unequivocal declaration that Brady can’t enter team facilities, attend practices, or participate in production meetings is a harbinger. If/when it’s ever time to vote on his bid to buy (along with Hall of Famer Richard Seymour and their mutual partners) 10.4 percent of the Raiders, at least nine owners will say no,” Florio wrote for Pro Football Talk.
“Why wouldn’t they? The restrictions they’ve placed on Brady undermine the biggest Fox broadcast of the week. And the NFL has a vested interest in ensuring that the broadcasts are as good as they can be. During the recent Sunday Ticket trial, Commissioner Roger Goodell explained that the NFL got out of the Thursday Night Football business because the league couldn’t produce and televise games up to the league’s standards.”
This would obvoiusly be some pretty horrible news for Brady as it would force him to choose between his career as a broadcaster or his dream of becoming an NFL owner.
We’ll have to see what ultimately happens and how Brady responds.
