Sports activities media reporter Richard Deitsch of The Athletic raised eyebrows when he predicted on the ultimate day of December that Tom Brady will depart his position as Fox’s lead in-game analyst after only one season in order that he can get “deeper concerned with the Las Vegas Raiders within the offseason” as a minority proprietor of that franchise.
Throughout a Wednesday look on “The Dan Le Batard Present with Stugotz,” former Miami Marlins president, current podcast host
and sports activities enterprise insider David Samson echoed Deitsch’s take.
“Tom Brady is working that staff proper now. And the NFL is aware of it and Fox is aware of it and one thing has received to offer,” Samson stated about Brady’s working relationship with the Raiders, as shared by Kyle Koster of Sports activities Illustrated. “So take pleasure in Tom within the sales space as a result of you are not going to see him there subsequent yr.”
Samson added that “Tom Brady won’t be with Fox subsequent season. He will probably be full-time within the Raiders entrance workplace working that staff. Interval.”
Months earlier than the Raiders fired head coach Antonio Pierce earlier this week, stories linked the membership with former New England Patriots participant/one-time Related Press Coach of the Yr Award winner Mike Vrabel and with former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick largely as a result of each males are shut with Brady.
Whereas Belichick agreed to turn out to be head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels in December, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio famous on Tuesday that the $10M buyout connected to Belichick’s contract “is peanuts” for an NFL proprietor.
NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported on Wednesday that “Brady spoke just lately with [Belichick] about what it will take to make a reunion occur in Las Vegas.”
Additionally on Wednesday, Dianna Russini of The Athletic talked about that Brady’s position with the Raiders “is critical.” It is no secret that he already has to follow strict guidelines whereas calling video games for Fox as a minority proprietor of a franchise, and it is logical to consider house owners of different golf equipment will need him to choose a lane if it is decided that he primarily selected the Raiders’ subsequent head coach.
Whispers about Brady presumably leaving Fox as quickly as this winter popped up even earlier than he started the primary season of his 10-year, $375M take care of the community. It appears increasingly more trade insiders consider he is able to go all-in on serving to the Raiders attempt to proper the ship as shortly as potential.
