Tom Brady announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday morning, a little more than two weeks after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers season ended in the Wild Card round at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys. Brady shot the video himself, sitting on a beach while giving a brief speech. Someone found the part of the beach where Brady made that announcement and is profiting from it — rather handsomely.
Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times shared a photo on Friday, showing an eBay auction for some of the sand where Brady made his announcement.
Like the sands of time, these are the days of our lives…. pic.twitter.com/Ect6sXePBK
— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) February 3, 2023
Naturally, this made a lot of people laugh.
Gtfoh 😂😂 https://t.co/5HashqyLzX
— Evan Closky (@ECloskyWTSP) February 3, 2023
Bahahahaha https://t.co/UEPMHDjgER
— Ken Barrett (@Bucs_Barrett) February 4, 2023
— Ben Cummins (@BenCumminsFF) February 4, 2023
Whoever did this is actually very smart https://t.co/bwUcCuPXND
— Ian Kenyon (@ikenyonFB) February 4, 2023
Indeed, the person is proving to be rather smart. At the time of Stroud’s tweet, there were no bids. That would soon change.
Not long after, the top bid was at over $1,000. Shortly thereafter, it was over $15,000.
To update, the number is now over $15,000 https://t.co/nwwd7a15bV pic.twitter.com/f55hhQv4eI
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) February 4, 2023
The initial bid was made at 7:28:32 Eastern time on Friday night. The $15,000 bid was made less than 10 minutes later, at 7:37:27. So, things are moving fast.
For the sake of the person who ends up making the winning bid, we can only hope that this retirement actually sticks. Otherwise, he or she may look back at spending five (or more) figures on sand as a complete waste of money.
[Rick Stroud on Twitter]
