Sorry, RaiderNation. Tom Brady will not come out of retirement and don the Silver and Black once he’s approved as a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.
In fact, CBS insider Jonathan Jones reported on Sunday morning that the league will restrict Brady from playing for any NFL team once the NFL finalizes his partial Raiders ownership.
“Last year, the league quietly passed a rule where employees can’t be owners and owners can’t be employees,” said Jones Sunday morning on The NFL Today. “And the quarterback of the team would be considered an employee.”
Brady, who turned 47 in August, has won more Super Bowls (seven) than any NFL franchise. Widely considered the greatest quarterback ever, Brady owns the majority of career and postseason NFL passing records.
Brady is in Dallas today as the FOX color analyst for the Ravens and Cowboys. FOX signed him to a 10-year, $375 million contract toward the end of his playing career, which concluded in the 2022 playoffs.
NFL owners could approve his minority stake in the Raiders at their fall meetings Oct. 15-16 in Atlanta, or winter meetings Dec. 10-11 in Dallas. The league has already said Brady cannot engage in valuable production meetings or visit team facilities as part of his duties with FOX.
Assuming Brady is approved as part of the Las Vegas ownership, Jones said all return-to-play discussions will end.
“All the hypotheticals – ‘Tom Brady coming out of retirement to play for my team?’ – will officially, finally, mercifully be over.”