Tom Brady has no plans to stroll away from his Fox broadcasting contract and totally intends to proceed on because the community’s high NFL analyst. That replace comes directly from Brady’s agent, Don Yee, who instructed 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 an extended relationship.
Yee was then requested by Fischer if Brady intends to meet the rest of his contract, Yee instructed 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 most effective participant in league historical past, that greatness didn’t translate over to the printed sales space. However the high quality of his work just isn’t the factor that’s getting folks’s consideration and driving hypothesis relating to his future.
It’s the truth that he’s not solely a component proprietor of the Las Vegas Raiders, however that he’s additionally taking a number one function within the course of the franchise, together with with its present head-coaching search.
Brady’s function as proprietor prohibits him from collaborating in manufacturing conferences and attending weekly practices with opposing groups, and in principle, it will 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 is likely to be fascinated by hiring.
There are important potential conflicts there.
Up to now Fox, the Raiders and most significantly the NFL have not likely expressed a lot concern over any of it or completed 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 just isn’t going to be too nervous about it, both.
