Tom Brady is pushing back on concerns that there is a conflict of interest between his roles as a Raiders minority owner and Fox Sports broadcaster.
Tom Brady is pushing back on concerns that there is a conflict of interest between his roles as a Las Vegas Raiders minority owner and Fox Sports broadcaster.
In his weekly newsletter in an entry titled « Do Your Job », published Wednesday, Brady wrote that only the « paranoid and distrustful » believe that there’s conflict in his roles.
« I love football. At its core it is a game of principles. And with all the success it has given me, I feel I have a moral and ethical duty to the sport; which is why the point where my roles in it intersect is not actually a point of conflict, despite what the paranoid and distrustful might believe. Rather, it’s the place from which my ethical duty emerges: to grow, evolve, and improve the game that has given me everything », he wrote.
As a broadcaster, Brady gets access to other teams’ players and coaches that other owners do not have. This has raised concerns about a conflict of interest. That was amplified during a Week 2 « Monday Night Football » ESPN’s broadcast showed Brady in the Raiders’ booth wearing a headset during the first quarter of Las Vegas’ 20-9 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
The NFL, however, said in a statement the next day that Brady didn’t violate rules. The NFL said Brady is « prohibited from going to a team facility for practices or production meetings.
