Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady would like to become a partner of owner Mark Davis at the Las Vegas Raiders, because talks in this direction would be quite advanced.
According to ESPN on Friday, talks between the 45-year-old and the club began several weeks ago and a resolution could occur soon according to some sources. However, they specified that Brady’s participation would be considered “passive”: consequently, he would not have control over the operations of the club, either financially or on the sporting side.
Last March, the ex-No. 12 confirmed the purchase of minority shares of the Las Vegas Aces, a WNBA women’s basketball team that is also under Davis’s umbrella. Furthermore, if the two men come to an agreement, 24 owners of NFL franchises will have to approve the transaction, as stipulated by the rules of the Goodell circuit.
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ESPN also recalled that Brady regularly visits Las Vegas, a city that hosted the Raiders after their move from Oakland in 2020. The seven-game career Super Bowl winner has previously expressed interest in becoming a minority shareholder in a of the NFL. He would have held negotiations with the Miami Dolphins in 2021 and 2022, according to the American chain.
Nonetheless, the NFL launched a six-month investigation and determined that Florida club owner Stephen Ross, a friend of Brady’s, notably violated the league’s anti-poaching policy. The sanctioned team lost its first-round pick from the most recent draft, furthermore.
Brady is set to begin a television career in 2024, having signed a 10-year, $375 million contract to act as an analyst for the FOX Sports network. His possible involvement with the Raiders would in no way affect his association with that medium.
The man who led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to Super Bowl victory in the winter of 2021 retired at the end of the last campaign, during which his team lost their flag in the first round of the playoffs after finishing at the top of their section. despite an 8-9 record. He had chosen to play the season by postponing his retirement which he had initially taken in February 2022.
2023-05-12 14:15:05
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