Tom Brady was proven sitting in the Las Vegas Raiders coaching booth whereas sporting a headset through the staff’s “Monday Night Football” game against the Chargers at Allegiant Stadium.
Brady is a minority proprietor of the Raiders. He additionally works as a sales space analyst for NFL video games broadcast on Fox, and the NFL has placed certain restrictions on him to forestall any conflicts of curiosity regarding his dual roles.
Yet the phrase “conflict of interest” has come up fairly a bit on social media — go forward, search it on X (previously Twitter) — concerning the optics of an NFL broadcaster hanging out with Raiders coaches and apparently speaking with others in the group by a headset,
The NFL stated Tuesday, nonetheless, that Brady doesn’t seem to have carried out something mistaken.
“There are no policies that prohibit an owner from sitting in the coaches’ booth or wearing a headset during a game. Brady was sitting in the booth in his capacity as a limited partner,” NFL chief spokesperson Brian McCarthy stated in an announcement emailed to The Times. “All personnel sitting in the booth must abide by policies that prohibit the use of electronic devices other than league-issued equipment such as a Microsoft Surface Tablet for the Sideline Viewing System.”
Also through the Raiders’ 20-9 loss to the Chargers, ESPN’s Peter Schrager reported that Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly informed him that Brady speaks with Kelly a number of occasions per week to debate sport plans and break down movie. Asked in regards to the report after the sport, Raiders coach Pete Carroll stated it’s “not accurate.”
“We have conversations — I talk to Tom, Chip talks to Tom — regularly,” Carroll stated. “We have a tremendous asset and we all get along well and we respect each other. And so we just talk about life and football and whatever. … He has great insight and so we’re lucky to have him as an owner.”
During the 2024 season, Brady’s first as each a broadcaster and a staff proprietor, he was not allowed to attend the weekly manufacturing conferences throughout which the Fox crew meets with coaches and gamers forward of that week’s sport. That restriction was lifted going into this season.
While McCarthy didn’t particularly reply a query from The Times about Kelly’s reported remark about his talks with Brady, it will seem that the NFL is assured that the restrictions it has in place would stop Brady from buying any data any non-owner wouldn’t have the ability to collect.
“Tom continues to be prohibited from going to a team facility for practices or production meetings,” McCarthy stated in his assertion. “He may attend production meetings remotely but may not attend in person at the team facility or hotel. He may also conduct an interview off site with a player like he did last year a couple times, including for the Super Bowl. Of course, as with any production meeting with broadcast teams, it’s up to the club, coach or players to determine what they say in those sessions.”