This always sounded ludicrous to me.
The sort of thing a self-made mogul with Mr. Kraft’s acumen would never sign off on.
The other two: George Halas and Jerry Richardson.
Maybe it’s just me.
But I’m a Ball of Confusion right now.
This just makes no sense on so many levels.
Let’s count the ways:
This is an awful business decision.
To be clear, I mean for Mark Davis.
For Brady, it’s the no-brainiest of no brainers.
Getting in on an NFL franchise is like having your own branch of the US Mint.
By way of example, in 1994 Mr. Kraft purchased his team for $175 million.
Today it’sestimated to be worth $6.4 billion.
That’s increasing his asset by more than 36 times its original value in less than 30 years.
You’d have to be either really hard up for money or insane to sell any portion of that.
Cut Brady in on that action and you’re reducing your family’s inherited wealth in perpetuity.
Which is why such a thing would never have been considered in New England.
Fox is now going to have conflicts of interest all over the place.
I mean, sure you go into a Cowboys game knowing where Troy Aikman’s emotional attachment is.
But you know that’s where it ends.
How the hell can you have a guy doing your No.
1 game every week when he’sliterallyinvested in one team?
Or a game involving anyone his team was competing against for a playoff spot.
Tom Brady is the cheatingest cheat who ever cheated, remember?
How has the rest of the world managed to move on so quickly?
Because I’ll tell you right fucking now, I haven’t.
Now the league is just going to pretend it didn’t happen?
They’re going to let bygones just go by?
Not today, Satan.
MLB wouldn’t let Pete Rose own part of the Yankees.
Speaking of conflicts of interest, Brady’s now his friends' boss.
But what happens when one someone he’s boys with from way back needs to be let go?
Beginning with with Josh McDaniels, but by no means limited to him.
McDaniels brought a ton of personnel with him when he moved to Vegas.
Dave Ziegler, Mick Lombardi, various assistants.
Plus he’s got old teammates like Duron Harmon and Chandler Jones.
Brady was visibly miserable.
And speaking of that, he now has an entire organization to unleash Alex Guerrero on.
It might be a minor consideration, but it’s not nothing.
No fanbase in North America hold a grudge like Raider fans do.
Just ask any Raiders fan over the age of 65 aboutThe Immaculate Reception.
It is still very much in their minds and they are shook to this day.
But it would make me question why him of all people and breed resentment they do not need.
Anyway, it’s a great financial windfall for Brady.
