Tom Brady: Broadcaster vs Owner Thread

[ryguy101]

Tom Brady's Role as a broadcaster and as a partial owner for the Las Vegas Raiders is threatening competitive balance.

 

1. One day after the Eagles Chiefs rematch Brady was in the Raiders coaching booth (Eagles and Chiefs will play this season)

2. 6 days before broadcasting Cowboys vs Bears - Brady was listening in the in-game communication of the Raiders (Raiders will play Cowboys and bears)

 

So... Brady will broadcast games of 6 of the Raiders opponents this season

 

Is this fair?

 

Eric Shanks (Fox Sports CEO) declined to comment if that is a conflict of interest when asked. 

 

The NFL issued a statement.

“There are no policies that prohibit an owner from sitting in the coaches’ booth or wearing a headset during a game,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement to Yahoo Sports and others. "Brady was sitting in the booth in his capacity as a limited partner. All personnel sitting in the booth must abide by policies that prohibit the use of electronic devices other than league-issued equipment such as a Microsoft Surface Tablet for the Sideline Viewing System.”

 

A yahoo article writes, "League broadcast partners routinely hold production meetings with the teams whose games they’re about to call. Facility visits include practice viewing and meeting with coaches and players. Oftentimes, staffs try to be more honest with the broadcast team than they would at a podium in order to ensure the success of a media rights deal worth $111 billion over 11 years.The NFL created some guardrails last season when Brady was approved as a limited owner of the Raiders months after his Fox gig began. The NFL barred Brady from participating in meetings and team visits last year. This year, the league loosened restrictions to allow Brady virtual access."

 

So now this could lead the NFL to discuss this in future forums with the next one being in late October. 

 

What do we think?

[Bruffalo]

Tom Brady is a known cheat who exploits the rules for his favor. Why wouldn't that bleed into his post-quarterback career?

 

It's an obvious conflict of interest to be an owner of a team and a broadcaster with access to other NFL teams.

 

He's not even a very good broadcaster.

[Captain Hindsight]

I doubt he is getting much out of the production meetings. 
 

“What’s the plan this week? “
 

“we want to establish the run and convert 3rd downs.”

 

The biggest advantage he has is getting to interview potential coaches or players to joining the raiders. It can be under the guise of a production meetings, but he has access to coaches and players like no other team has

[Sweats]

1 minute ago, Captain Hindsight said:

I doubt he is getting much out of the production meetings. 
 

“What’s the plan this week? “
 

“we want to establish the run and convert 3rd downs.”

 

The biggest advantage he has is getting to interview potential coaches or players to joining the raiders. It can be under the guise of a production meetings, but he has access to coaches and players like no other team has

 

 

 

This is a valid point and my concern

[MJS]

This is not something I care even a little bit about. If teams are concerned, they can control what information they present to him when he is in his role as a broadcaster. If they are dumb enough to give him information that would help the Raiders, that's on them.

[US Egg]

Tom making Brady haters heads explode like only he can do.

[Yobogoya!]

The league knew he was contracted with Fox when they voted unanimously to approve his partial buy-in of the Raiders. 

 

If they didn't like it, that would probably have been the right time to do something about it. 

[boyst]

13 minutes ago, Captain Hindsight said:

I doubt he is getting much out of the production meetings. 
 

“What’s the plan this week? “
 

“we want to establish the run and convert 3rd downs.”

 

The biggest advantage he has is getting to interview potential coaches or players to joining the raiders. It can be under the guise of a production meetings, but he has access to coaches and players like no other team has

the last point is about as much as can be made but at the same time this is a guy who has cheated multiple times so he has shown the content of his character because he cheated in football, he cheated on his girlfriend...

 

he's just not someone i support.  great sportsball player, though.

[transient]

C'mon, guys. Brady NEEDS this broadcasting job. He's no longer married to one of the world's richest supermodels, and the therapy bill alone for his son related to the emotional trauma from Tom's lingering kisses on his lips is probably bankrupting him.

[machine gun kelly]

IDK, I understand the conflict and heard the discussion on the Jeremy and Joe show this morning, or at least a small part of it.  I’m not sure he has any influence over the Raiders, nor gets any snipits of info on rivals.

 

I do understand people still hate Brady as he kicked our tails for 20 years.  I don’t like nor dislike the guy.  He’s annoying with his “oh shucks” attitude.

[TBBills Fan]

Mike Florio (who loves to make the NFL look stupid) has made it his mission to talk about this

 

 

[May Day 10]

Teams, if they arent already, will be to the wiser when providing any information to Brady/his network.

 

I don't think Brady is sophisticated enough to gain any sort of competitive advantage over this.  He is not a wizard.  

[Fleezoid]

It's clear to me what's going on here.....he doesn't have other people to spy for him so he has to do it himself. 

[BillsShredder83]

43 minutes ago, Captain Hindsight said:

I doubt he is getting much out of the production meetings. 
 

“What’s the plan this week? “
 

“we want to establish the run and convert 3rd downs.”

 

The biggest advantage he has is getting to interview potential coaches or players to joining the raiders. It can be under the guise of a production meetings, but he has access to coaches and players like no other team has

I didnt think anything of the media side of this... teams can choose to say or not say things but great point on the legal tampering loophole.

 

Owners didnt care at the time because its good for value of all the teams... now the bill is due, and theyre scrambling looking for mistakes on the receipt.

 

Im just going to decide not to care.  Until proven otherwise, anybody leaving my team to g2 Raiders is making a mistake 🤷‍♂️

[Nephilim17]

Do you really think teams are sharing inside info with networks/broadcasters before the game?

"Listen Mr. Broadcaster, we're going to tell you some really, really confidential information now that will help you prepare for the broadcast, but please, please, don't share it with anyone else, like Vegas, or – gasp! — other teams. We can trust you. Right?"

[Augie]

1 hour ago, Bruffalo said:

Tom Brady is a known cheat who exploits the rules for his favor. Why wouldn't that bleed into his post-quarterback career?

 

It's an obvious conflict of interest to be an owner of a team and a broadcaster with access to other NFL teams.

 

He's not even a very good broadcaster.

 

It doesn’t matter if Brady and Bellichick never had dinner together, their souls shared that deep craving to skirt the rules to achieve a full life. I wouldn’t trust Brady for a second, and as an opponent I’d be aware of his presence and very careful what I shared.  

[BeastMaster]

Pete the cheat as HC and Tom "the deflator" Brady make one hell of a tandem.

 

Kinda funny how Tom is now pushing the boundaries like Belicheat did all those years