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NFL insider Mike Florio has been covering Tom Brady's ascension to both the top color commentator at Fox and the ranks of NFL minority owner for a while now and he's come up with an idea that Brady could be spreading himself too thin. Appearing on The Varsity podcast, Florio said that he's been hearing that Brady wants to be involved in production meetings but can't because of his status as the Las Vegas Raiders' minority owner. Florio said it's been theorized that Brady may not want to continue doing his job at Fox because he's not able to give his best effort due to the league's rules and because he may be feeling spread too thin.
“There’s an interesting theory that’s making the rounds in league circles, because there had been teams that have said to the league, ‘We want Tom Brady to be involved in the production meetings.’ And through that push and pull because the league says no, no, no, no, no exceptions even if you waive it,” Florio said. “It doesn’t matter.
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co/nJOjg420VA “There’s been a sense that maybe Brady doesn’t really want to do it anyway. Because you think of how thinly he’s spread, all of the different things that he’s doing, it may not be that he wants to be the absolute best at everything he does. It may just be that he wants us to think he’s the absolute best at everything that he does, and he’s doing a lot of different things and he’s making a lot of different appearances and he’s making a lot of money.
“Him being an owner and him being a broadcaster I think it keeps him from being the absolute best he could ever be. And it just always seemed beneath him — he’s Tom Brady..
. I just wonder how many years he’ll continue to do it.” Ron Jenkins/Getty Images It's an interesting theory but one that seems pretty far away from having real evidence behind it.
Brady has been pursuing an ownership stake in the NFL since before he even started his job at Fox Sport, and he was certainly made aware of the rules. Will Brady fulfill the entirety of his contract at Fox, or will he leave at some point in the near future? Related: Full Results From NFL Owners' Vote On Tom Brady Released.
