Future NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady’s plan to purchase an ownership stake in the Las Vegas Raiders faces a major problem thanks to a new league rule.
The NFL recently decided to block the distribution of franchise equity to players and other employees has a direct impact on the deal that Brady brokered with Raiders owner Mark Davis.
Davis spoke “passionately” against the new rule at the league’s special meeting last week convened to approve the final sale of the Washington Commanders sale. Davis revealed he planned to employ Berady as part of the deal in an unspecified manner.
But thanks to that new rule, Davis won’t be able to employ Brady and sell him a stake in the team.
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported that this could “set the transaction back to square one—and it could potentially derail it altogether.”
Florio also noted that if Brady doesn’t acquire a stake in the Raiders, “he remains available to play for any team at any time, as a free agent.”
That could lead to Brady returning to the NFL as a player “this year or next year or whenever Brady decides he’s seen enough from lesser quarterbacks who continue to populate NFL starting lineups.”
