An NFL insider has predicted that Tom Brady will walk away from his broadcasting deal with FOX sooner rather than later.
Brady started as the network’s lead football announcer this season after inking a 10-year, $375 million deal in 2022. It’s fair to say that his first season as an analyst has been a bit patchy; he definitely isn’t as good in the booth as he was on the field.
Of course, no one expected perfection from Brady after less than a year on the job. But it appears that some folks still expected more.
The seven-time Super Bowl winner got off to a rough start in 2024 and has shown some improvement since, however, his delivery remains a point of critique.
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Might Tom Brady Step Away From Broadcasting This Year?
Given the above, plus the fact that he’s now part of the Las Vegas Raiders ownership, Richard Deitsch of The Athletic expects Brady to quit broadcasting after a single season.
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While he reckons it’s safer to predict that the former quarterback will vacate his post at FOX after three or four years, the journalist suggested that Brady could decide to focus fully on being an owner and walk away from broadcasting altogether by the start of next season.
“I’ve previously said I’d put down big money that Brady will not finish his 10-year, $375 million contract with Fox, given all his various business interests away from broadcasting, including ownership. That remains true,” Deitsch wrote.
“The safer prediction would be that Brady walks away from his Fox deal after three or four years. But I’m going bold and saying Brady gets deeper involved with the Las Vegas Raiders in the offseason and decides to go all in with NFL ownership and his production company by the start of the next NFL season.”
The NFL icon has not indicated that he intends to leave FOX anytime soon, but more surprising things have happened.
The network will be airing the Super Bowl this year, so Brady will be around until the end of the season.
As for what happens past that, we’ll just have to wait and see.
