The New Jersey Packers?
Doesnāt this belong in the innumeracy thread? Super Bowl XLII (42) was in 2008 and the Giants beat the Patriots. Should be LXII.
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Irromannumeracy thread?
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https://www.npr.org/2024/10/16/nx-s1-5154883/tom-brady-las-vegas-raiders-owner-nfl
The deal was initially agreed upon in May 2023, but it took owners 17 months to give their approval over concerns Brady was receiving too much of a discount from Davis.
Interesting. Iād thought he carried a relatively low salary on the Patriots.
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āItās great that Tom Brady wants to invest in the NFL,ā Goodell said. āHe cares deeply about this game. He believes in its future and I think thatās just a signal of that.ā
Did the NFL need Tom Bradyās Seal of Approval?
Are other rich people clamoring for 5% of teams? I havenāt heard much about them if so.
Also, said ā5% control,ā which I interpret as zero control. As much control as a Packer share IMO.
He also holds a share in an English Football League League One (tier 3) team. Guess he believes in the future of soccer, too.
Heās been a commentator on some gamesā¦ can you do that if youāre on a teamās staff?
For that matter can you do that if you have an ownership interest?
Does any one owner have at least a 50% stake? If not, I presume Brady could hypothetically recruit other owners who collectively have a 50.001% stake and effect change.
If one owner has at least 50% then obviously he has no control. Only influence. I assume it would be a bad look for the Raiders if he publicly declared he wanted out.
He can not witness opposing teams practices and he canāt criticize Refs
Because of his ownership stake?
yes
Iām sure he knows someone who is good at taping walkthroughs, especially Super Bowls.
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This could actually be really funny. Ref could blow a call, and Tom should shower the ref with praise. Heavy sarcasm.
Well thatās dumb then. He canāt be an objective commentator.
Fox should terminate his contract, except I assume that he probably hasnāt violated it or he presumably wouldnāt have done it. (His contract with Fox is for more money than he was paid from his entire NFL playing career.)
But, that is probably how he bought ā5% controlā of The Raiders.
Besides bad-haircut Davis, Iām not sure who owns the rest of the Raiders.
I mean, he is not going to be as good a commentator when he is restricted from certain activities that commentators normally do.
If buying a stake in a team is not a violation of his contract with Fox, then I would classify that as a significant foul up by the contract / legal people at Fox.
Or if they had explicitly considered this possibility and decided they were ok with it then presumably that was factored into his compensation.
Heās less valuable being an owner than not being one is all Iām trying to say.
Might be a violation of the NFL Football League.
No ārising tideā affect?
āThat stadium you made for us 25 years ago is no good anymore. We billionaires are too poor to do it all ourselves.ā
I hope the County sticks to its guns. Browns will threaten to move to San Antonio or San Louis