Tom Brady Broadcasting Gig Complicates Pending Bid for Raiders Ownership

Tom Brady speaks at the Fanatics Fest NYC 2024 at Jacob Javits Center in New York City on Aug. 16, 2024. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Fanatics

NFL star Tom Brady is facing a potential conflict of interest between his role as an on-air broadcaster and his bid to become minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.

The 47-year-old started talks in May 2023 to become a partial owner of the football team. The deal is still pending, but if approved, Brady would have to abide by a list of restrictions put together by the league.

The seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback played his final NFL season in 2022 and is now an announcer for Fox Sports after signing a 10-year, $375 million deal with the network.

According to ESPN, the lengthy list of restrictions was presented to team owners during an Aug. 27 meeting in Minneapolis.

Brady will be permitted to call Raiders games but will need to follow the league constitution and bylaws prohibiting public criticism of other teams and officials.

He will not be permitted access to opposing team facilities or to witness practice. He is also barred from attending broadcast production meetings, either in person or virtually, which is something most analysts receive when preparing for coverage.

Despite the proposed rules for Brady, other Fox crew members will not have these limitations.

Additionally, Brady must follow guidelines put in place for other team owners, such as being subject to fines or suspension if he goes too far in disagreement or criticism of other clubs or game officials.

He is also subject to the league’s gambling and anti-tampering policies. Specifically, his communication with members of other teams is limited to “strictly social communication.”

The Epoch Times reached out to representatives for Fox and the Raiders for comment on the matter but did not hear back by publication time.

Meanwhile, it remains unclear whether team owners will approve Brady’s bid after they failed to vote on the matter during the NFL’s annual league meeting in March in Orlando, Florida.

Brady has been criticized over the move, following league owners’ concerns that Mark Davis, the majority owner of the Raiders, was giving him a discount below market value for his 10 percent stake.

If it clears the committee, Brady’s ownership stake must be approved by at least 24 of the 32 owners. The next opportunity for discussion will be in October.

The former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers star is already part-owner of the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, which is also owned by Davis.