Tom Brady’s iconic playing career ended with a playoff loss to the Dallas Cowboys in January. Less than eight months later, Brady was in Dallas as a Las Vegas Raiders minority owner, or so we thought.
This offseason, it was revealed that legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady was purchasing an ownership stake in the Las Vegas Raiders. However, that has not officially happened just yet.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion is still waiting on the league to approve it but it has reportedly been stalled due to concerns about the discounted price offered by owner Mark Davis.
A new report from the Washington Post says Davis is selling Brady between 5 and 10 percent of the Raiders, and he may be giving Brady a discount of as much as approximately 70 percent.
Limited partners have to be approved by a three-fourths majority vote of NFL owners.
Once he officially becomes a minority owner in the Raiders, that will reportedly prevent him from playing for any NFL team. He was recently discussed by football fans as a potential replacement for New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who suffered a torn Achilles in the first game of the season.
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However, The Athletic reported Brady returning to the AFC East to quarterback for a former rival is something that will not happen.
Brady famously retired and unretired in the span of 40 days last offseason with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After a tumultuous year that led to his first career defeat to the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs, Brady retired in February for real this time.
