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The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, minimized the idea that the double role of the future pro football Hall of Famer, Tom Brady as a minority owner of Las Vegas raiders and the NFL Fox Sports analyst creates a serious conflict of interest.
Brady is in the middle of his second season as the main fox analyst. Brady’s broadcasting work allows him to have the opportunity to have special access to players and coaches – an advantage that others hold minority participations in the teams do not. During the last year and a half, Brady’s access aroused concerns about a conflict of interest.
During the week 2 match between the raiders and the Los Angeles loaders, Brady was seen bearing a helmet inside the Raiders stand.
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Former NFL Player Tom Brady on the field before the Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders at the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas, August 26, 2023. (Images Tim Heitman / Imagn)
In a press release, the NFL said that Brady’s actions were not in violation of the League rules. Brady is “forbidden to go to a team for production practices or meetings,” said NFL. However, the former quarter of the New England Patriots is authorized to be present in the coache stand, according to the League.
The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, also addressed rumors on Brady’s access during a recent interview with CNBC. “The teams have the right to say what they want. They do not have to disclose any information if they think it is a conflict of interest,” said Goodell.
Tom Brady calls criticism of his roles as owner of the raiders, the “paranoid and suspicious” fox diffuser “
Goodell has also noted that the teams are not forced to reveal any information and often retain meetings with former players who have become-broadcasters, taking into account the close links they can still have with their old teams.
“The teams do not need to say anything. Sometimes they say nothing to someone who is not [a minority owner]. We get many former players who are [broadcast meetings] who are close to their old teams. I think our teams are quite intelligent to say: “I don’t share something with him.” “”
The NFL commissioner, Roger GOODELL (L), presents the quarter of the Patriots of New England Tom Brady (R) with the Pete Rozelle trophy as a player of the Super Bowl Li at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, on February 6, 2017. (Kirby Lee / USA TODAY SPORTS)
Goodell added that there are protocols that save Brady to be aware of everything that could give raids an unjust advantage.
“Where is the conflict?” Said Goodell. “It does not drag in the facilities. We do not allow it.”
During the first season of Brady in the broadcasting stand, it was excluded to attend the production meetings which included the broadcast team of a given game and the head coaches and some players on both sides of the match. The League has decided to loosen some of these restrictions for the 2025 season. It is now authorized to participate in these meetings, although from a distant framework.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell looks at a press conference in Caesars Superdome on February 3, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana, before the NFL Super Bowl Lix football match between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chiefs of Kansas City. (Michael Owens / Getty Images)
On Wednesday, the seventh winner of the Super Bowl postponed the discussions wondering if his role as investor of the raiders and his responsibilities in the diffusion stand could coexist.
Brady actually characterized anyone who is seriously concerned that he was aware of a competitive advantage as “paranoid and suspicious”.
“I love football. Basically, it is a set of principles. And with all the success he gave me, I think I have a moral and ethical duty towards sport; this is why the point where my roles meet is not really a conflict point, despite what paranoid and distrust could believe. Newsletter entitled” Do your job “.
Brady, alongside the voice of Fox NFL, Kevin Burkhardt, should be on the call on Sunday when the title champion of the Super Bowl Philadelphia Eagles visits the Buccaneers of Tampa Bay.
