Tom Brady's role with the Raiders is fueling speculation that he will leave Fox this offseason

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Tom Brady's role with the Raiders is fueling speculation that he will leave Fox this offseason

Tom Brady's conflict of interest between his Fox broadcasting work and his ownership stake with the Las Vegas Raiders is nothing new. Back in October, our Andrew Joseph wrote about how impossible it was for Brady to do his job and own an NFL team with all

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[BigJay]

 

[KVB]

He has a 10 year $375 million dollar contract with Fox.

So this would be intersting.

 

[jjgold]

He can’t be in the booth

not for him

 

[JDS]

He’s a not absolutely terrible as an analyst and it’s his 1st year, but maybe being in the booth is really not what he’s ultimately passionate about.

 

[seaborneq]

I tried to avoid the games he was calling all year. I tried to tune him out. He should never have been in the booth. Make former players analyst before or after the game. Leave the broadcast crew to the folks who actually work hard and know what they are doing. Fox would be better without Brady. Greg Olden is much better. Romo and Brady suck.

 

[BMR Genie]

He has a 10 year $375 million dollar contract with Fox.

So this would be intersting.

10yrs down to 1yr. He has to pay Fox if he breaks the contract and leaves early, right?

 

[patrickbateman]

Tom Brady would have lasted 8 seasons in the 80's and 90's.

Same with LeBron.

 

[KVB]

I tried to avoid the games he was calling all year. I tried to tune him out. He should never have been in the booth. Make former players analyst before or after the game. Leave the broadcast crew to the folks who actually work hard and know what they are doing. Fox would be better without Brady. Greg Olden is much better. Romo and Brady suck.

I think the plan here was to make Brady the lead analyst for the network and not just keep him in the booth.

So what you are suggesting may come to fruition if he doesn't leave.

 

[phillyflyers]

If I were Telesco, I would demand to have final say.

Brady has never built a team, ran a draft, scouted talent, made a trade, or did the day to day work of a real GM.

He could be a fukkin clown in that role for all we know.

Let Telesco decide.

 

[KVB]

10yrs down to 1yr. He has to pay Fox if he breaks the contract and leaves early, right?

I don't know. He probably has a buyout option but we'd have to see the contract to know what that's all about.

 

[seaborneq]

10yrs down to 1yr. He has to pay Fox if he breaks the contract and leaves early, right?

If he wants to go let him leave. He definitely doesn’t fit in with the pregame crew.

 

[phillyflyers]

If he wants to go let him leave. He definitely doesn’t fit in with the pregame crew.

Really?

I think he's the best analyst out right now.

He had a few bumps in the beginning, but now he's great.

 

[BMR Genie]

If he wants to go let him leave. He definitely doesn’t fit in with the pregame crew.

I'm actually excited to know which he will value more. The love of action in the rebuilding process or to keep the money and continue the broadcasting.

 

[MinnesotaFats]

Brady terrible in booth, Fox gonna regret that contract

 

[phillyflyers]

Brady terrible in booth, Fox gonna regret that contract

You think he's terrible?

 

[KVB]

I'm actually excited to know which he will value more. The love of action in the rebuilding process or to keep the money and continue the broadcasting.

That part ownership in a team could well worth more than 37.5 million a year over 10 years or even the total of 375 million.

Brady bought his stake with a partner, Tom Wagner of Knighthead Capital Management.

This was a controversial deal because some of the owners felt the price was to low, and it did include a "flip tax" of nearly 24 million.

So here are the numbers...Brady has a 5% minority stake, splitting the 10% stake with Wagner, that's already valued around $200 million as the valuation of the team is about $3.5 billion.

These numbers won't exaclty add up but it has to do with a 7.8 billion valuation be reduced by 1.4 billion or so of debt.

Bottom line, money isn't the issue here.

He might, like you said, just love the action more than the booth.

 

[KVB]

I disagree with the take that Brady is terrible or no good in the booth.

He actually provides good insight sometimes, stuff you can't get from other broadcasters.

Similar to Romo, but Romo really burned the audience out and went from loved to hated.

Brady was hated early, but I think viewers might warm up to him.

 

[BMR Genie]

That part ownership in a team could well worth more than 37.5 million a year over 10 years or even the total of 375 million.

Brady bought his stake with a partner, Tom Wagner of Knighthead Capital Management.

This was a controversial deal because some of the owners felt the price was to low, and it did include a "flip tax" of nearly 24 million.

So here are the numbers...Brady has a 5% minority stake, splitting the 10% stake with Wagner, that's already valued around $200 million as the valuation of the team is about $3.5 billion.

These numbers won't exaclty add up but it has to do with a 7.8 billion valuation be reduced by 1.4 billion or so of debt.

Bottom line, money isn't the issue here.

He might, like you said, just love the action more than the booth.

Looks like he got a privilege treatment in that deal. It feels good to be Brady, well.. except in married life.

 

[wwurmeier]

Tom Brady suck..g di.k as an announcer fuels the speculation he's going to leave Fox after this season.