Tom Brady ready to return to the NFL…as OWNER! Legendary quarterback ‘in deep talks’ with Las Vegas Raiders to become minority partner in second foray into business with Mark Davis
- Tom Brady retired from the NFL after a storied 23-year career in February.
- But he could quickly return to the league, this time as a minority owner.
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tom brady is in ‘deep discussions’ to become a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, according to a new report.
Brady the seven times Super Bowl A winning quarterback with the Patriots and Bucs, he announced his retirement from the NFL in February after 23 seasons.
And now, ESPN has reported that talks between Brady and Las Vegas owner Mark Davis have been going on “for weeks.”
However, the publication cited sources calling the negotiations “extremely sensitive and fluid,” while a source close to the situation said Brady’s investment would be “passive,” meaning he would have no control over the business or the assets. football affairs.
A deal between Brady and Davis for him to become a minority owner of the Raiders would be their second foray into the business together this year.
Tom Brady and Mark Davis could enter the business for the second time this year
Brady hung up his shoes for the second time, and apparently for the last time, this February.
And he announced that he would become a minority owner of Davis’ Las Vegas Aces in March.
In March, Brady announced that he became a limited partner of the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, another Davis-owned franchise.
Brady is set to begin a mammoth 10-year, $375 million deal with FOX as an NFL broadcaster next year.
But according to a source cited by ESPN, FOX has “blessed” their potential partnership with the Raiders.
Before retiring, Brady had previous contact with the Dolphins about becoming a minority owner of the franchise, according to an NFL investigation.
Contact with Brady was discovered to have occurred during the 2019 season and postseason, when he was with the New England Patriots, and during and after the 2021 season, when he was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
That resulted in Miami being disciplined for tampering violations by the NFL, having their 2023 first-round pick and 2024 third-round pick discounted over the matter.
Prior to his retirement in February, Brady suffered the first losing season of his career as his Bucs team fell to an 8-9 record.
Off the field, he finalized a highly publicized divorce from his now ex-wife and supermodel Giselle Bundchen.
Bundchen and Brady were married for 13 years before their divorce was finalized in October 2022.
Their divorce was rumored to have to do with Brady’s brief retirement after the 2021 season.
But that decision lasted only two months when he decided to return to Tampa for a final year.
“You just get a super emotional retirement essay and I used mine last year, so… really, thank you very much to each and every one of you for supporting me,” Brady said in a video this winter announcing his retirement.
‘My family, my friends, my teammates, my competitors. I could go on forever, there are too many. Thank you guys for allowing me to live my absolute dream. I would not change anything. I love you all.’