Admin October 15, 2024
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NFL owners officially approved former NFL quarterback Tom Brady’s bid to buy a 10 percent stake in the Las Vegas Raiders with a business partner on Wednesday. The approval was the final part of a process that began in May 2023, and it comes with some notable restrictions that could affect Brady’s new career as a broadcaster.
Now that Brady owns 5 percent of the Raiders on his own, he’s officially a minority owner of an NFL franchise. With that new status, the five-time Super Bowl MVP can no longer be in another team’s facility, witness practice nor attend broadcast production meetings, among other restrictions.
In 2022, Brady signed a 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox to become the network’s lead color commentator for NFL games. He began to serve in that role for the first time this year, and his early broadcasting performances have been met with mixed reviews.
Now that Brady will be heavily restricted in how he calls games and prepares for broadcasts, he’ll have even more challenges to deal with in his second career.
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Here is the full list of restrictions Brady will have, including those that will likely affect his job as a Fox broadcaster, according to ESPN’s Seth Wickersham:
- Brady will not be permitted in another team’s facility
- He cannot witness team practices
- He cannot attend broadcast production meetings, either in person or virtually
- He cannot publicly criticize game officials
- He cannot publicly criticize other teams
- Brady will be subject to the NFL’s gambling policy
- He will also be subject to the NFL’s anti-tampering policy
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