https://nypost.com/2022/02/01/adam-schefter-jeff-darlington-big-winners-in-tom-brady-retirement/

Brady, 44, ends his career as the most accomplished QB in NFL history having won seven Super Bowls, including last year's big game. Brady's retirement also comes three days after ESPN reporters Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington broke the news that Brady is retiring, only to be met with pushback from Brady's team, including his dad (https://twitter.com/KylenMills/status/1487536452590206977). But ESPN stuck with its reporting. As the New York Post's Ryan Glasspiegel, the dispute created a "surreal scene" since Brady is in business with ESPN with his docuseries Man in the Arena and a 30 for 30 documentary on the Tuck Rule Game. ALSO: ESPN to devote a special edition of SportsCenter this afternoon to Brady's retirement (https://twitter.com/ESPNPR/status/1488583497514110980).

I thought he previously said that he wanted to play in the NFL until he's age 50? I guess he must have changed his mind.

He projected that he'd play football until age 45.

So it was age 45 when he planned to retire, I think he's 44 now so I suppose that's close enough. He played for 22 years and won several championships, had a great career, nothing really left to prove so he probably made the right choice to retire, why continue playing and maybe risk serious injury.

It’s now been 2 Days since The NFL saw the official retirement of The Man who won first Super Bowl 20 years ago this week.

He was easy to dislike if he was playing against your team, but he had a heck of a career. He was passed over by every team. I don't think there will be another 6th round quarterback have that much success ever again.

He just had one of his best statistical seasons. He could have easily played until he was 50. All he did was win Super Bowls (7) and MVPs (5). He's the GOAT.

The Brady 6: Journey of the Legend NO ONE Wanted!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5fdhfVrg1I

Anyone watch the 30 for 30 ESPN did on this?

(It was)


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There are already rumors that Tom Brady is not going to stay retired and I wouldn't be surprised if this is true. He would probably prefer to end his career on a winning note, might have sights set to win one more Super Bowl and then retire permanently.

If he un-retires, he could choose to stay with Tampa Bay or go to another team that has an immediate chance to win.

He back

Tom Brady to return to Bucs for 2022 season

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2022/03/13/tom-brady-to-return-to-bucs-for-2022-season/

I wonder how the person who bought it yesterday feels right now

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/03/13/tom-bradys-final-touchdown-pass-ball-sells-for-more-than-518000/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FNxDj7_XMAQIEPk.jpg

I wonder who actually fell for this sh*t about him leaving :lol:

He back

Tom Brady to return to Bucs for 2022 season

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2022/03/13/tom-brady-to-return-to-bucs-for-2022-season/

Not surprised at all about this, he obviously wants his career to end by going out on top as a champion. Will see how it all works out.

Not surprised at all about this, he obviously wants his career to end by going out on top as a champion. Will see how it all works out.

You called it in a post up above on Feb 13, so good job :thumbsup:

You called it in a post up above on Feb 13, so good job :thumbsup:

Thanks, rumor started around mid-February that Brady wouldn't stay retired. Football is a rough game and Brady risks injury by continuing to play, but if everything falls into place and Tampa fields a strong team this year, Super Bowl is possible, will see what happens.

Tom Brady's unretirement led NFL's schedule-makers to restart crafting the 2022 season (https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/05/09/tom-bradys-return-forced-nfl-schedule-makers-back-to-drawing-board/)

Howard Katz, the NFL's senior vice president of broadcasting, spends months analyzing, debating and reshuffling the 272 games to maximize viewership and fan interest while trying to maintain fairness for the teams. “When Tom Brady retired, we were concerned about the strength of the NFC package because there were so many terrific Tampa Bay games we were looking at,” Katz told the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-05-09/2022-nfl-schedule-release-may-how-they-make-it). “Then a month later he unretires and we sort of started all over again.”

Tom Brady to work for Fox Sports as lead NFL analyst when he eventually retires (https://www.thewrap.com/tom-brady-join-fox-sports-lead-analyst-after-retirement/)

“We are delighted that Tom has committed to joining (https://awfulannouncing.com/fox/tom-brady-joining-fox-sports-lead-nfl-analyst.html) the Fox team (https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/umi20g/steinberg_tom_brady_will_join_fox_sports_as_lead/) and we wish him all the best,” Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced during an earnings call this morning. "Excited, but a lot of unfinished business on the field with the @Buccaneers #LFG," tweeted Brady (https://twitter.com/TomBrady/status/1524011375525253120). Brady's hiring has led to speculation that Brady is being paid a massive salary to work for Fox (https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/05/10/what-will-fox-pay-tom-brady/). "Surely, he’ll walk through the door as the highest paid of any of the current analysts. Why else would he have agreed to do it, if he wasn’t going to be making more than CBS’s Tony Romo or ESPN’s Troy Aikman?" says ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio. "The question isn’t whether he’ll exceed their annual compensation, but by how much. Could it be $30 million per year. Could it be more than that?" UPDATE: Brady reportedly signed a $375 million 10-year deal with Fox Sports -- or $37.5 million per year -- double Tony Romo's yearly CBS salary (https://nypost.com/2022/05/10/tom-brady-gets-monster-10-year-375-million-deal-from-fox-sports/).

Why did Fox sign Tom Brady for $375 million, the richest sports broadcasting deal? (https://nypost.com/2022/05/10/tom-brady-gets-monster-10-year-375-million-deal-from-fox-sports/)

Fox's deal that -- according to the New York Post's Andrew Marchand -- would pay the NFL legend $37.5 million a year for 10 years once he finally retires has left some scratching their heads. That's because Fox earlier this year opted to let Joe Buck and Troy Aikman leave for rich Monday Night Football deals at ESPN. Presumably, the move was so that Fox could save money. "To understand the 10-year, $375 million Tom Brady deal with Fox Sports, you have to appreciate how the network has looked at itself since its inception and what it would take to entice the greatest quarterback of all time into the broadcast booth," says Marchand. "Fox Sports has always considered itself bigger and badder than anyone else since its inception in 1993, when Rupert Murdoch swiped the NFL from CBS and then paid John Madden $8 million, more than any NFL player at the time, to be Fox’s lead analyst. Fox had a no-brainer replacement for Buck in Kevin Burkhardt as its top NFL play-by-player, but its next best analyst was former All-Pro tight end Greg Olsen." While Olsen may be good, Buck notes, he isn't the greatest NFL player of all time, like Brady. Marchand says no matter Brady's ability as an NFL analyst, "Fox had a need, and its big and bold attitude built around Hall of Famers." ALSO: $375 million is $75 million more than Brady has earned in his entire 22-year NFL career (https://www.actionnetwork.com/nfl/tom-brady-historic-broadcasting-deal-fox-sports-rovell).

Rupert Murdoch-owned companies are having a disagreement over Tom Brady's reported $375 deal to work for Fox Sports (https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1524219930702487553)

Andrew Marchand of the Murdoch-owned New York Post first reported the deal that Brady will be paid $37.5 million a year over 10 years when he eventually retires to become the top analyst at the Murdoch-owned Fox. Fox corporate spokesman Brian Nick, however, tells Marchand: "What has been reported isn’t an accurate description of the deal (https://nypost.com/2022/05/10/tom-brady-gets-monster-10-year-375-million-deal-from-fox-sports/) and we have not released details beyond what was disclosed on our quarterly earnings call." As Marchand noted, "Nick declined to say what was inaccurate." Meanwhile, Joe Flint, media reporter for the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, joked of the Fox comment (https://twitter.com/JBFlint/status/1524380608239087619): "No comment on whether Brady also will be a judge on Masked Singer and a WWE performer as well."

Is Tom Brady running the risk of overexposure with his Fox, ESPN+ and Netflix roast deals? (https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/05/19/is-tom-brady-running-the-risk-of-overexposure/)

Brady is constantly making headlines these days, from his Netflix roast deal to his massive Fox Sports contract to his ESPN+ docuseries to his Hertz ads. He's also starring in a road trip movie with his name in the title: 80 for Brady. Yet Brady is still the most famous player on the most famous sports league. "Throw in his cool-uncle social-media habits, and it’s obvious that Brady is currently everywhere," says ProfootballTalk's Mike Florio.

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Fox Sports officially taps former NFL player Greg Olsen as the lead analyst for next year's Super Bowl, filling Tom Brady's future role (https://nypost.com/2022/05/19/greg-olsen-will-call-super-bowl-2023-for-fox-as-tom-brady-waits/): Olsen will be the lead analyst (https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/greg-olsen-will-reportedly-call-super-bowl-lvii-despite-tom-brady-looming.html) for Fox's NFL coverage next season, reteaming with his broadcast partner Kevin Burkhardt. But Olsen's lead NFL analyst role is temporary until Brady retires.
TV executives should look beyond star QBs for broadcasting gigs (https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/tv-executives-should-look-beyond-star-qbs-for-broadcasting-gigs.html)

Fox Sports confirms Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen as its No. 1 NFL broadcasting team who will call next year's Super Bowl (https://deadline.com/2022/05/fox-sports-tom-brady-nfl-kevin-burkhardt-greg-olsen-1235035848/)

Burkhardt and the former NFL tight end succeed Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, who departed for ESPN. Olsen (https://awfulannouncing.com/fox/greg-olsen-deserved-better.html)'s status as Fox Sports No. 1 NFL analyst is expected to be temporary, as Tom Brady has signed a lucrative deal to assume that role when he retires.

Take two...

Tom Brady says he is retiring from football 'for good' (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35568868/tom-brady-says-retiring-football-good)

I don't know Tom Brady but I am a bit concerned what his health is going to be like in ten to twenty years reagrdless of the Zillion Dollars he has in the bank. The guy has played in the NFL for 22 years, which means there are players coming into the draft who were born the same year he started and some highly successful QBs like Joe Burrow and the kid with the luxurious hair in Jacksonville who were little babies when Brady started, Brady is old enough to be the father of these guys.

But 22 years of getting pummeled and having to run away from very large, very muscular men and getting knocked, thrown and pummeled down by these muscular almost 300 pound men. All that causes damage to the body and the brain. He could end up with dementia, a lot of former NFL players have this. Jim McMahon of the 1980's Chicago Bears has this. Or having the body so beat up it gives out. All that money wont be worth much when you are 60 years old sitting in a wheelchair.

Not saying any of this will happen to him, maybe it wont. Some people smoke for a lifetime, never get sick from it and die at 95. But the more you do it, the greater the chances are, same with football. I would have advised Brady to get out of football five plus years ago. You are immensely wealthy, you dont need more, but obviously he did because he lost a *****ton supposedly on "bitcoin", whatever that is.

Tom Brady is still being a cry baby about being punished for what he did to Malik Hooker. Brady deserved to get fined for that. The man is a phony and a snake. Such a shame he couldn't retire on a "high note."

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Shaun O’Hara compares impact of Tom Brady’s retirement announcement to 9/11 and JFK assassination (https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/shaun-ohara-tom-brady-retirement-911-jfk-assassination.html)

By Brandon Contes on 02/02/2023

Tom Brady retiring from football is a big deal, but NFL Network analyst Shaun O’Hara failed miserably as he attempted to quantify it.

Wednesday morning, when Brady announced his retirement from the NFL for a second time, it elicited countless well-deserved tributes. And then there was former New York Giants offensive lineman Shaun O’Hara, who was on NFL Network and shamelessly compared Brady’s announcement to 9/11 and the JFK assassination.

“This is a huge moment, not just for Tom Brady, not just for the NFL, but for all of us,” O’Hara said. “Look, people remember where they were when JFK was assassinated. They remember where they were for 9/11.”

“Can I interrupt you real quick?” Good Morning Football host Peter Schrager interjected. “His first start was the week after 9/11. That’s how long he’s been playing!”

I assumed Schrager was attempting to save O’Hara from saying something regrettable on-air, but instead, he made a second 9/11 reference, albeit one that wasn’t nearly as bad.

O’Hara was attempting to claim people will remember where they were when Brady retired. He wasn’t directly comparing Brady’s retirement to the worst terrorist attack in American history or the president being assassinated. Still, using 9/11 or JFK’s assassination as part of a sports analogy will always show a lack of moral judgment.

People learned of Brady’s retirement by watching a video of the former quarterback relaxing on a Florida beach and O’Hara sought to compare that to the images people have rooted in their minds from the tragic events he referenced. Obviously, Brady’s decision to leave football doesn’t have the same societal impact.

The fact that people remember where they were for unexpected tragedies like 9/11 or the JFK assassination speaks to something much larger than football. Personally, I don’t even remember where I was when Brady retired last year, so odds are I won’t remember exactly where I was while reflecting on his second retirement either.

Being that O’Hara grew up in New Jersey not far from the World Trade Center, and played most of his NFL career with the New York Giants, you would expect him to have a better pulse for anything pertaining to 9/11.

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Shaun O’Hara compares impact of Tom Brady’s retirement announcement to 9/11 and JFK assassination (https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/shaun-ohara-tom-brady-retirement-911-jfk-assassination.html)

Here's how ludicrous this statement is, if you went with a camera a mic, set up at the stadium entrance for next week's Super Bowl and asked each individual entering the day of the week, the date and what they were doing when they found out Tom Brady was retiring, way more than half wouldn't be able to answer those questions correctly. Try this test, give me the day of week, the date, the year and where you were when you found out:

Larry Bird was retiring

Michael Jordan was retiring

Derek Jeter was retiring

Payton Manning was retiring

Joe Montana was retiring

I thought Tom Brady was going to stay active until the 2025 season. Now he's never going to get his number (12) retired by the Buccaneers (because he only played three seasons with that team).