Tom Brady has no plans to stroll away from his Fox broadcasting contract and absolutely intends to proceed on because the community’s prime NFL analyst. That replace comes directly from Brady’s agent, Don Yee, who informed Ben Fischer of Sports activities Enterprise Journal on Thursday that his consumer had a “great quantity of enjoyable” working for Fox this 12 months and that it’s merely the primary 12 months of a protracted relationship.
Yee was then requested by Fischer if Brady intends to meet the rest of his contract, Yee informed him “Sure.”
Brady nonetheless has 9 years remaining on a contract that pays him $375 million over 10 years.
This was Brady’s first 12 months in his function as an announcer, and it was met with criticism that ranged from constructive to downright scathing.
Whereas there may be an argument to be made he’s the perfect participant in league historical past, that greatness didn’t translate over to the published sales space. However the high quality of his work shouldn’t be the factor that’s getting folks’s consideration and driving hypothesis relating to his future.
It’s the truth that he isn’t solely a component proprietor of the Las Vegas Raiders, however that he’s additionally taking a number one function within the path of the franchise, together with with its present head-coaching search.
Brady’s function as proprietor prohibits him from participating in manufacturing conferences and attending weekly practices with opposing groups, and in principle, it could restrict him from criticizing officers or the league. He’s additionally going to be asserting playoff video games (together with this Saturday’s recreation between the Washington Commanders and Detroit Lions) with assistant coaches (particularly Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson) who he may be considering hiring.
There are important potential conflicts there.
So far Fox, the Raiders and most significantly the NFL have probably not expressed a lot concern over any of it or finished something about it. It doesn’t appear that anyone will within the close to future, both. It additionally appears doubtless, if we’re to consider his agent, that Brady shouldn’t be going to be too apprehensive about it, both.
