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NFL owners versus Tom Brady‽

The NFL owners are forcing Tom Brady to choose between being a journalist and an NFL owner. If he chooses both, he will be highly restricted as a journalist (which will make the latter worthless).

I understand the conflict of interest here, but I do not think the sport's fans will approve.ESPN was the first to report that Brady won’t be allowed to watch another team’s practices or sit in on production meetings with the coaching staff, in person or virtually. That seems to be pretty standard stuff. NFL executives and coaches are some of the most paranoid people on the planet when it comes to competitive advantages — a lost playbook can cost a player up to $14,650 — and the idea of someone with a vested interest in another team having access to even the most mundane details would trigger a DEFCON 1 alert. […]The truest sign that Brady isn’t welcome as an owner, though, is the decree that he can’t criticize game officials and other clubs. […]But the job of an analyst — the good ones, at least — is to offer unvarnished assessments of what’s happening on and off the field. Fox and the other networks don’t pay guys like Brady, Romo and Aikman the big bucks just for their names. They pay them for their ability to take viewers behind the scenes, to peel the curtain back on why things on the field are happening, and to do it straightforwardly. (USA Today)I think it would be wise for Tom Brady to consider giving up the part-time owner gig (for now) and focusing on being a great analyst. Later on, he can become a part-time owner, although I have a feeling Tom Brady might try to be both and end up being bad at both in the process.

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