Legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady has change into a shade commentator for Fox Sports activities’ protection of NFL video games this 12 months, and final 12 months, he additionally grew to become a part-owner of the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces.
Now, he can add one other merchandise to his already spectacular resume: part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.
A bunch led by Brady now formally owns a ten % stake within the Raiders, and in an announcement he launched, he stated he’s “extremely humbled and excited” to be on this new position, per Adam Schefter.
Assertion from new Raiders half proprietor Tom Brady: pic.twitter.com/BYHhcVhur6
There may be some irony to Brady turning into a part-owner of the Raiders that some followers might should get previous.
In his first playoff video games as a starter in 2001, he led the New England Patriots previous the Raiders, who have been then based mostly in Oakland, in what grew to become referred to as the “Tuck Rule” sport, a sport that also angers Raiders Nation to today.
As well as, though Brady grew up within the Bay Space, he was a childhood fan of the San Francisco 49ers, the Raiders’ outdated rivals from that metropolitan space.
The Raiders seem like beginning a retooling or perhaps a rebuilding course of after they traded star broad receiver Davante Adams to the New York Jets on Tuesday, a transfer that can reunite him with quarterback Aaron Rodgers, his former Inexperienced Bay Packers teammate.
They’ve some particular issues at quarterback, which led head coach Antonio Pierce to go together with Aidan O’Connell as his starter this previous weekend as an alternative of Gardner Minshew II, who had began their first 5 video games beneath heart.
