When former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady signed his 10-year, $375 million contract with Fox to work on the network’s No. 1 broadcast team back in May 2022, no one seemed to have an issue with his new career choice.
But after it was announced that Brady had purchased a minority ownership in the Las Vegas Raiders in March 2023, what many considered a pretty big conflict of interest suddenly arose.
Brady’s Raiders ownership had to undergo a vote of the rest of the league’s owners, and he was given special rules to abide by in the broadcast booth that addressed those concerns head on.
Why is Tom Brady under fire?
After a recent video of Brady started circulating on social media, many fans believe that the 48-year-old shouldn’t be allowed to call games on Fox given his clear bias.
The 33rd Team’s Ari Meirov posted a video of Brady decked out in Raiders gear, walking around the team’s practice at training camp, prompting many fans to hit the comment section either demanding Brady be removed from Fox’s broadcast booth or expressing their clear issue with him calling games as an owner.
The GOAT: #Raiders minority owner Tom Brady was at practice today, decked out in team gear.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) August 1, 2025
( @nickwalt)
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“If Brady wants to be an owner then he needs to step away from the commentary booth,” one fan exclaimed.
“Cool. He should not be allowed to be an analyst on FOX,” remarked another fan.
“So this guy is gonna announce games?? Seems to be a conflict of interest. Just go be an owner bro,” a third fan scoffed.
“So he’s no longer doing games on Fox, correct?” one user asked.
“The fact that he’s allowed to call games in just unspeakable,” declared another user.
“Why is the minority owner of a team the color commentator on FOX's #1 broadcast team? I still don't understand this at all,” questioned one fan.
“Perfectly normal for him to be a network’s #1 analyst. Perfectly normal,” another fan wrote.
During the 2024 season, Brady called just two games that could fall under the conflict of interest umbrella — the Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers in Week 7, and the Chiefs vs. the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX (the Chiefs are the Raiders division rival).
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