Ever since Tom Brady became a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders and a broadcaster, there has been a growing concern that Brady would somehow be able to get information back to the Raiders. That was until the NFL established the “Brady Rules,” barring the former NFL quarterback from witnessing practices, entering other teams’ facilities, and attending broadcast meetings.
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Now, the NFL has softened those rules, allowing Brady to attend broadcast meetings. However, said meetings have to be done virtually.
Brady was caught in the coaches’ booth during a Raiders game, which then set off more alarms. Former Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce also indicated that it was obvious the former NFL quarterback was sharing information with the team.
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The accusations and overall nature of the concerns that are apparently growing led to Brady releasing a newsletter, stating that his only goal is to protect the sanctity of football.
“And with all the success (football) has given me, I feel I have a moral and ethical duty to the sport; which is why the point where my roles in it intersect is not actually a point of conflict, despite what the paranoid and distrustful might believe. Rather, it’s the place from which my ethical duty emerges: to grow, evolve, and improve the game that has given me everything,” Brady said via his newsletter.
The growing controversy on whether Brady is sharing information with the Raiders has now reached NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who spoke out with a logical response to the issues of Brady attending production meetings.
A CNBC Sports interview from Alex Sherman and Contessa Brewer covered the conversation with Goodell, who stated there should be no controversy surrounding Brady being in production meetings.
“Teams have the right to say whatever they want to. They don’t have to disclose any information if they think it’s a conflict of interest,” Goodell told me. “Teams don’t need to say anything. Sometimes they don’t say anything to somebody who’s not [a minority owner]. We get a lot of former players that are in [broadcast meetings] that are close to their former teams. I think our teams are pretty smart about saying, ‘I’m not sharing something with him.’”
“Where’s the conflict?” Goodell continued. “He’s not hanging around in the facilities. We don’t allow that.”
Goodell has a major point in that Brady is no special case when it comes to broadcasters talking to teams ahead of matchups. Teams can say what they want and withhold what they want as well. Brady does not have a special power over these teams to make them tell him more.
It will be interesting to see how the NFL rules committee handles this situation in the 2026 offseason, but for now, Goodell seems to have all but shut down the idea that Brady is doing anything that should warrant concern.