Rich Eisen on Tom Brady’s Possible Conflict of Interest as Raiders Part-Owner/FOX NFL Analyst

Rich Eisen comments on how Tom Brady’s dual role as Raiders’ part-owner and NFL on FOX analyst could rankle some teams.
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[@xLegendaryPete]

Brockman take is so dumb 😅. Cause to suggest there is no way that wouldn't happen is naive. The fact is there could be a conflict of interest. It's kinda like how they don't want broadcasters to bet on football either

[@Sportsfilmappreciator]

Brockman is ridiculous, Brady have ANY percentage gives you added incentive, and this is an unprecedented situation. It warrants attention.

[@user-jc6pr5el5g]

Brockman is being obtuse on purpose because he's a fanboy. Aikman etc is not the same thing. As a 1% stakeholder, Tom would have a huge financial interest in the success of the Raiders, whereas Aikman has a huge financial interest (keeping his gig) in being impartial. I'm not saying Brady would leak info, but it doesn't matter the NFL can't enable the possibility.

[@jaramatam]

To think this isn't happening today is absurd!

[@ShelbyBaby27]

Outside of the money, I never understood this desire for Brady to become an NFL analyst. Minority ownership just makes more sense. You could see the conflict of interest a mile away...

[@ES-qt6yo]

$$$$$, fame and publicity for his brand...

[@marquisquintanar8831]

It makes sense. All of these teams try to get the edge as much as possible on their opponents. They are absolutely correct in being paranoid of Tom giving the raiders any inside information that he gets. Especially given the pats history of cheating scandals. Don’t know why that’s so hard to comprehend

[@Fakeaorta]

Is the the same with Romo and other NFL athletes? I mean they could be giving info to their previous team!

[@marquisquintanar8831]

@@Fakeaorta but those are former employees of those teams. Brady is in a different situation as a part owner who actually has something to gain from the team

[@jaramatam]

It isn't the players I am worried about....there is clearly corruption already happening and now sunlight is shining on it. wtf moment

[@markkoep8031]

All analysts are former players...none are part owners that can gain financially from it. ​@@Fakeaorta

[@mmuerte89]

Locked doors keep honest people honest. Be an owner. Be a broadcaster. Pick one, Tommy.

[@jacqaqq]

I think Tom is so professional he will neither inflate or deflate any information he gets Behind the scenes

[@troyroach1277]

I love how Brockman implies there’s no chance of a conflict of interest with Brady being an owner. A Pats fan with a convenient memory.

[@dave3202]

Goodell doesn’t say anything until Brady calls him out at the roast.haha

[@mfin-dave]

That's a good point Rich...Brady isn't above cheating. 🤔

[@RB-pi3jl]

Tom needs to pick one. Partial team owner OR broadcaster.

[@Unknown17]

Nah.

[@fish-n-riffs7592]

Well, that settles it. RB-pi3jl hath SPOKEN

[@seanknox7321]

Why? It’s nonsense. Broadcasters are just sharing what they see in real time.

[@lonesoldier4789]

I love how Brockmann poses a completely reasonable train of thought/scenario as ridiculous because he is such a homer he should change his last name to simpson.

[@jaimegonzalez4371]

😂

[@beeseumz]

Brady is a man of complete integrity and would never do any that would violate good sportsmanship to gain a competitive advantage

[@MaxamillianStudio]

Great use of sarcasm

[@RLAjabs]

This controversy is really overinflated. It takes the air out of the room when we discuss an American hero in this regard.

[@Checkeroute]

​@@RLAjabsHe's Not an American hero lol. He's a former NFL quarterback lol

[@raygold1]

Deflate Gate anybody?😆

[@ruggedmeetsrefined5345]

It doesn’t matter if Brady would be a bad actor, it’s could anyone be a bad actor because if you make an exception for one person, you have to make an exception for everyone

[@RJM1693]

You’d think, but there’s probably no way to enforce that. If Fox wants to employ somebody who is hopelessly biased, they can. That is, after all, the entire NewsCorp business model.

[@Ishai1]

Yea, the deflate gate guy is the one no one will ever imagine taking advantage of the production meetings. It doesn't matter if he'll do it or not, it's still a problem.

[@fish-n-riffs7592]

I wonder what the conversation would sound like if he were trying buy a piece of the Patriots or Niners??

[@gbgary]

uuummm that doesn't sound very ethical.

[@JourneyOfPurpose]

What info is privy to broadcasters that is not to ownership??

[@Unknown17]

All these nimrods in the comments think that broadcasters are getting super secret insights from the teams. Ha-ha-ha! Tom Brady should NOT be feared because of any knowledge he might gain as a broadcaster. Tom already knows what your stupid team is gonna do because he's Tom Brady. Fear that, guys in comment section.

[@Checkeroute]

​@@Unknown17Everybody fears a successful cheater lol

[@blackmuslimconservative]

Broadcasters have occasionally mentioned sitting with players and/or coaches during production meetings during the week. I've even heard them mention seeing a trick play in practice after seeing it during the game.

[@Unknown17]

@@Checkeroute I heard your mom was a cheater. Oh, yeah, I KNOW she is.

[@Checkeroute]

@@Unknown17 what's the matter princess, you're hurt because I referred to your crush and wannabe boyfriend as a cheater? 😂😂

[@briano9397]

My man said Follically challanged 😂

[@jimchilton99]

And as a Follically challenged, I second it!

[@PrestigeWorldwid3]

Seeing TB and Mark Davis sitting together looks like George and Lenny from Of Mice And Men

[@jonsullivan1270]

It's about money. The more he can do to put the Raiders in a position to win, the more chance they have of winning. If they win more, the team is more valuable, and therefore, the more money his portion is worth. When money is a part of it, you can't assume anyone will be trustworthy, let alone Brady, who has shown he's not afraid to go to the line and scribble over it.

[@djmetcalf3815]

How would it be worth it to him to do that? If it came out he was feeding info to the Raiders either his ownership or broadcasting career would be over.

[@Checkeroute]

You're so naive it's cute lol

[@MaineOffGrid.]

Why does the media know a team’s planned playbook for a certain game? Kinda goes along a similar comment on the Fox broadcast showcasing Brady as the new lead analyst. Is this confirmation of NFL games being scripted? What exactly is a live sports game production meeting for anyway?

[@jimchilton99]

Chris, consider if it was belichick back in the day, don't you think he would have wanted that info? If Bledsoe was doing tv and feeding him data, ownership or not.

[@alfcmccoy]

It's like insider trading. He needs to pick a lane and not worry if he's going to be good at broadcasting or not.

[@splashzone8504]

The elephant in the room is that Tom has already been penalized for cheating multiple times during his playing career. It is entirely reasonable to assume Brady would not follow the rules of decorum surrounding broadcasters.

[@patrickpascal1225]

Once for deflate gate 😅 and he was. Proven innocent in that case too - he was. Penalized because nfl argued they can suspend him without proof 😂

[@pretzelhunt]

​@@patrickpascal1225What? Yes a proven cheater will cheat again. You are absolutely correct.

[@patrickpascal1225]

@@pretzelhunt lol it’s like talking to a child 😂

[@billgross1719]

Not that I watched that trash, but didn't I hear someone say that in the roast Brady made a joke about how much the NFL spent investigating deflategate and that they should have just paid him that money and he could have solved it faster for them?

[@patrickpascal1225]

@@billgross1719 yeah a joke at a roast 😅

[@proto-geek248]

Never been done before, & if there's a sniff of conflict, probably never will.

[@MaxamillianStudio]

Clearly Brady is not above Cheating

[@robbyedwards6444]

Isn't everything discussed with commentators potentially going to be broadcast anyway? All the Raiders would have to do is watch TV to get the same information.

[@ES-qt6yo]

They have the information before the game..

[@robbyedwards6444]

That really wouldn't matter, though, would it...unless they were specifically playing the Raiders.

[@trogdor20X6]

Oh, that's a good point I haven't thought of. The commentators get advance interviews with the coaching staff so they can pepper it in to the broadcast. Brady shouldn't be allowed to participate in that as an owner. That's 100% an unfair advantage.

[@MrMannky]

The broadcast crews acces to Training sessions alone is an end of that discussion. He has access nobody else gets. Btw can you imagine the tampering? An official one on one pre game interview with the goat who casually mentions how he would like you on the raiders? Any on air comments like "thats the type of corner you want in your defense" is immedeatly flagged as possible tambering.

[@LilZeb]

What is he going to see what anyone can't see on the TV?

[@Alph12]

I am a Brady fan but you gotta choose! You will get inside info like injury report or players info that broadcaster get unless he sticks to just show up and broadcast, no showing up at locker rooms or asking players questions

[@DreamChaser1252]

Hes pretty close with Jim Harbaugh, signgate2.0 or Spygate2.0 but im all seriousness I don't think he's gonna be that much into the in game/on field plans the current wnd future coaching staffs will create week to week.....

[@VictorDiGiovanni]

Tom Brady can definitely silo things. Just like Bill Belichick would. Bill would watch some random videos of other teams practices, for pure entertainment value, and then silo that off and not use any of the information that might have been present in those videos. It's easy. You just silo that stuff off and it doesn't become an issue.

[@Nebraska93]

They do film study on the games anyway what’s the matter

[@AdamKlownzinger]

I don’t really see what the conflict of interest would be. Even if the coverage were colored (why would it be? He has like 3 teams he has some personal connection to), what difference would it make?

[@seansevey3991]

I would be more worried about tampering than game strategy. He got caught talking to Stephen Ross and the Dolphins. Who is going to know if he recruits players on expiring deals? Brandon Aiyuk talking to Brady would scare me!!!

[@Lookingforcowsaudio]

Leave people with hats alone!

[@donwalker8246]

Independence is entirely appearance

[@jeremymuir4332]

It's a bad idea to allow the conflict. There absolutely is a conflict and whether you question Brady's integrity or not right now it's been in question multiple times before.

[@dt4807]

If players are not allowed to bet on other teams, to protect the integrity of the game, this shouldn’t be allowed either, to protect the integrity of the game, whatever integrity means for RG,…, and I’m far from a Brady hater…

[@patrickpascal1225]

How is betting the same 😂

[@dt4807]

@@patrickpascal1225 Obviously is not the same, is the concept of maintaining integrity from a public perception perspective. It is tied to betting in the sense that there will be a sense of doubt on people losing money on games against the Raiders, if a partial owner has access to information no other team has….

[@patrickpascal1225]

@@dt4807 its not the same in the way that its signficantly less impactful and would not really affect any games in the way any player playing could impact the game or the result.

[@dt4807]

@@patrickpascal1225 I meant players betting on other games, the ones they are not playing and cannot impact, you have your opinion, I have mine, if it were to be that simple, he would have been an owner by now…..

[@330DC5]

It is the "Patriot" way..

[@jaramatam]

Hmmmm...is this what happens? Are we seeing a finger pointing one way and four others pointing another? Is this what RIch is going to do for Harbaugh, Aikman for the Cowboys, hhmmmm how many corrupt annoucers are carrying the bag for teams....somethings are starting to make more sense than ever.

[@IanRobinson2yt]

Click bait at this point,you don't think every team gets a full tape of every game and has folks reviewing that tape for 'trick plays'. Come on what are we doing here.

[@MrMannky]

The Broadcast crews also get Access to some Training Sessions. Thats a Major concerns for an owner of another Team. Lets Not forget the Omega tampering opportunities. One on one Interviews with the goat WHO casually mentions he would Like you on His Team of the record?

[@jmelson3]

You have two choices…. 1.) Just keep telling yourself Brady is an honest and upstanding person who would never do anything to compromise football ethics. 2.) Hope that when you find out that Brady was dishonest and used “proprietary” information to his advantage that he has not “lost/broken” his cellphone. 😅😅😅💀💀💀💀

[@cyrus0279]

Brady has been known to be less than trustworthy during his football career. Deflate gate rings a bell. the NFL should be cautious and not let him be a part owner until his broadcast career is over.

[@Andrew-wd3qi]

Surely Tom Brady wouldnt do anything questionable to gain a competitive advantage. Just cant see him doing that.

[@heygraberyo]

Gimme a break, the NFL owners had a problem with Brady joining the raiders way before his broadcast career even was a thing. They’re afraid of the Raiders gaining too much power. Lets be real, adding Tom Brady’s swagger to a global brand and the villain of the league is too much for their egos

[@stoniestarks1045]

Idk why this is a problem Shaq had ownership in the Kings and he was still on TNT and worked for the NBA it’s just nonsense

[@Sampleador]

So Brady cannot be an owner because he watches and comments games ; that the owners and head coaches could see and bring the 22 tape

[@dbags317]

these guys talking about fashion-one guy buttons his short-sleeved shirt all the way to the collar and the other has a knit hat on indoors

[@user-yy9hk9od9u]

He should sell his Raiders shares. It is a conflict of interest.

[@vernonbandy2597]

Lol. What information are these teams giving to broadcasters that professional coaches won't see on their own? Is aikman an inside man for Jerry? He has openly admitted his bias towards his team, and people believe he gets some insider trading type of information?

[@Unknown17]

Rich, c'mon, don't be ridiculous. You think teams generally give super secret "stuff" to commentators? Brady's gonna know what a team's going to do anyway, without anyone telling him.

[@joeduke8239]

Because Tom Brady has proven he would never do anything against the rules or dishonest, right? Is that what you're saying? Listen to yourself. Grow up. And it's not just Brady. Even if you want to trust him, if you let him, you have to let anyone.

[@catherinewilliams9680]

This is why former players should never be allowed to own any portion of any professional sports team.

[@raiderman8431]

Hope it never happens!

[@stevenvicijan4338]

Just cut down through the politics for ala Maja style

[@Bhuddiman]

Backwards cap for people challenged wtf

[@DirtyDirkDiggler]

How does that guy get taken seriously with a Big Boy haircut from the 1950’s? 🤦‍♂️

[@TheKindredblades]

It's not like Brady has ever cheated...............right?

[@chavruta2000]

It doesnt help that Brady has been on a team that has been accused and guilty of elaborate cheating scandals.

[@10Or106]

In a league full of d-riding broadcasters, a raiders d-riding broadcaster is certinly something new. As a chargers fan, i dont like the idea of them getting tipped off by brady, but on the flipside, at least we might start seeing more media coverage of vegas' shortcomings. Thanks for being a professional at all times, rich

[@jamesjross]

FFS - you're starting this Rich

[@Roctwn16]

We don’t need Brady involved in our Raiders!!!!!

[@tiredperson6574]

Yeah sure, Brockman.. no reason to distrust a guy who doesn't know how roasts work, smashes phone amidst investigation, & avoids tomatoes to cheat aging. What could go wrong?

[@peppertoni]

Mark Davis looks like a ghoul

[@cdlu2.028]

Al davis would roll over in his grave if he knew brady had some team ownership

[@elliottpatton1842]

That’s a stretch rich. I mean that be like him requesting the balls to be deflated to his liking or like someone recording another teams practice…. Oh wait

[@PatDK]

Tom Pelisaro trying too hard is what it is

[@warpeace8891]

Conflict of interest has ZERO to do with the character of the people involved. Your politicians are getting away with it on a daily basis. Are any of them ethical model citizens?

[@spaceo8568]

What's with the beginning stages of a Thulsa Doom haircut? Isn't there a 1rst century monastery he should be at?

[@michaelgroff1433]

it not like he isnt a known cheater

[@samallardyce2522]

definitely conflict of interest

[@mac1190]

Brockman acts like Brady hasn't cheated as well as admitted to cheating..... Chris Brockman.... "really"? Lol

[@ThatmanShowtime]

Tom Brady is the goat at the end of the day being a broadcaster doesnt mean hes giving inside information to the raiders about the other teams there playing even if he is part owner.

[@mfin-dave]

Nah, in almost every aspect Mahomes has already surpassed Brady.

[@user-jc6pr5el5g]

It doesn't mean Tom would give inside info, it means he would have a built-in financial interest in the Raiders' success and that, by definition, is a conflict of interest. It's plain as day, there is nothing even to discuss/review.

[@figgyfood]

Brockman -- Brady is a known cheat. Come on dude.

[@fdrstan]

Brady was a great QB, but is a textbook tool in virtually every other respect.

[@Mojobruh510]

Rich Eisen is dumb if he thinks that’s what’s going on lol. You should’ve been worried when he was still playing

[@jthegreatfull7643]

Rich you're hilarious, the notorious cheater I believe won't cheat 😂😂

[@neilm2794]

Brockman is gonna sit there and pretend that Brady isn't a proven habitual cheater, is that where this is at? If I ran an NFL franchise there's no damn way Brady would even get access to the facility.

[@learningtoride1840]

RAT...Raiders Against Tom...what a bum

[@waynebryant1857]

Ya,why put intelligence in a dumpster fire organization.

[@oshkoshdom2197]

Brady cheat, I'd be totaly DEFLATED if that happened.

[@sergiogrijalva3692]

Raider rule #1 cheating is encouraged lmao

[@bryanweis]

Nonsense

[@jameskim1505]

The Raiders will cheat ofc

[@jamesmay5860]

Tom Brady is the goat he can do whatever the hell he wants. Tom, thanks for the Buccaneers Super Bowl win.

[@kenmahoney5255]

Way to stoke the b.s rich.

[@jonathanmarker5857]

Didn’t Tom Brady have a hand 🖐️ Deflate gate 😱🫢🤫🤐