Sunday is set to be the biggest day of the year for sports in the United States, as New Orleans will be hosting the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.
The game will be broadcast on FOX, which has none other than seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady calling the game from the booth. Brady is also a member of the Las Vegas Raiders ownership group.
While he tries to juggle his roles with the FOX and the Raiders, Brady was asked who he was rooting for on Sunday, and he was honest about things.
“Well, I’m broadcasting the game, so I don’t really have a rooting interest per se,” Brady said, according to Pro Football Talk. “The only thing I root for in these situations are great games.
“I will say if the Chiefs win, I will be very happy for them. I mean, what they’ve achieved is unmatched. And I think that’s cool because people always hated on us for so many years. And I didn’t understand it because all I did was like, we try to do things the right way, we try to go out there and compete for our job and win.
“And there’s an excellence that I appreciate about people who are doing other things at really high levels because you understand the commitment that it takes for them to do what they’re doing.
“And to be in this country and to not cheer for excellence is beyond me… It’s incredible to see this team withstand all the adversities they faced over the course of not just this season or last season the year before; they just plowed on, nothing’s distracted them.
“They’ve just continued to push forward and win a lot of games… It’s gonna be a terrific game because there’s a lot on the line for both teams.”
While Brady is rooting for excellence, it may be bittersweet for him if the Chiefs win, as the gap between him and Patrick Mahomes would close even further.
About Qwame Skinner
Qwame Skinner has loved both writing and sports his entire life. In addition to his sports coverage at Comeback Media, Qwame writes novels, and his debut; The First Casualty, an adult fantasy, is out now.