With so much stuff that has happened this year to Tom Brady, you may not remember that he signed a massive 10-year, $375 million contract with Fox Sports to become a broadcaster after his retirement from the NFL.
Despite his marriage going down the tubes, it does not look like he will be making his way there, at least according to a former employee there.
Former Fox Sports employee Joe Buck thinks Brady’s broadcasting career is already over as he explained during an appearance on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast with host Jimmy Traina.
Here’s what he had to say via Awful Announcing:
“I think there’s so much up in the air in his life right now. For anybody to go, ‘He’s 100% doing X, Y, or Z,’ I don’t think that’s possible.
Is there a chance [he walks away]? Yeah, I think there’s a chance. Who knows where his family life takes him, who knows if he plays one more year or he doesn’t.
I know there are people at Fox who would say there’s a chance that he doesn’t call a game there.”
Buck seemed unsure that Brady would be 100 percent committed to joining the Fox broadcast booth and not take the $375 million he was offered.
“I just don’t know,” Buck added.
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In late October, Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen announced their divorce after 13 years of marriage. The celebrity couple married in 2009 and have two children together: Benjamin, 12, and Vivian, 9.
“We arrived at this decision amicably and with gratitude for the time we spent together,” the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, 45, said on Instagram. “We are blessed with beautiful and wonderful children who will continue to be the center of our world in every way. We will continue to work together as parents to always ensure they receive the love and attention they deserve.”
Brady returned to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season weeks after announcing his retirement back in February. In an interview with Elle Magazine in September, Bundchen expressed her concerns about Brady returning to football. That decision seemed to be the catalyst for the end of their marriage.
