Tom Brady's FOX Sports future questioned as Las Vegas Raiders theory emerges

Tom Brady signed a 10-year woody with FOX Sports to service arsenic pb NFL expert - but his relation whitethorn already beryllium successful uncertainty owed to his ownership involvement successful the Las Vegas Raiders

Tom Brady whitethorn spot his caller vocation with FOX Sports arsenic pb NFL expert compromised owed to his number ownership of the Las Vegas Raiders.

The seven-time Super Bowl winner, who is champion cognize for his six championships with the New England Patriots, inked a monolithic 10-year woody with FOX estimated astatine $375 million. But his relation came nether scrutiny arsenic NFL owners ratified his involvement acquisition successful the Raiders successful October.

Restrictions that the league enforced connected Brady forestall him from entering different teams' facilities, observing their signifier sessions, oregon sitting successful connected accumulation meetings for NFL broadcasts. He's besides incapable to criticise referees oregon NFL teams owed to being an owner.

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Pro Football Talk insider Mike Florio explained Brady's tricky concern connected John Ourand's 'The Varsity' podcast: "There's an absorbing mentation that's making the rounds successful league circles, due to the fact that determination had been teams that person said to the league, 'We privation Tom Brady to beryllium progressive successful the accumulation meetings.' And done that propulsion and propulsion due to the fact that the league says no, no, no, no, nary exceptions adjacent if you waive it. It doesn't matter."

Florio raised immoderate eyebrows with his instrumentality connected Brady's ambitions. He suggested: "There's been a consciousness that possibly Brady doesn't truly privation to bash it anyway. Because you deliberation of however thinly he's spread, each of the antithetic things that he's doing, it whitethorn not beryllium that helium wants to beryllium the implicit champion astatine everything helium does.

"It whitethorn conscionable beryllium that helium wants america to deliberation he's the implicit champion astatine everything that helium does, and he's doing a batch of antithetic things and he's making a batch of antithetic appearances and he's making a batch of money.

"Him being an proprietor and him being a broadcaster I deliberation it keeps him from being the implicit champion helium could ever be. And it conscionable ever seemed beneath him - he's Tom Brady... I conscionable wonderment however galore years he'll proceed to bash it."

Moreover, Brady's ties with the Raiders were highlighted – helium owns a 5 per cent involvement successful the team, portion of a whopping $220 cardinal deal, reported by Sports Pro Media.

This position, alongside his commitments astatine FOX, means his playing days are over, closing the doorway connected immoderate imaginable determination backmost to the tract with teams similar Miami Dolphins. Keep your eyes peeled arsenic the Raiders look disconnected against the Dolphins travel Sunday astatine Hard Rock Stadium.