This NFL season was one of firsts for former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady as he set off on the first year of his broadcasting deal and agreed to become a team owner. But while both those ventures are exciting and new for Brady, many fans and pundits believe his ownership of the Raiders could lead to a conflict of interest with his work as a color commentator on Fox Sports.
![[Brady's stake in the team was finalized this year, the same year he joined Fox's broadcast team]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/15/94479485-14321983-image-a-172_1737731132444.jpg)
While the NFL has set up a series of rules that handicap his ability to prepare for games as a broadcaster, some in the sports media world aren't fully convinced that Brady's two jobs avoid conflicting with each other. Mike Florio, an NFL insider for NBC who has worked for the network for decades, is one of those people.
![[Brady's first season in the booth was a rough one for him as he's received plenty of criticism]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/15/94479491-14321983-image-a-174_1737731143720.jpg)
In a recent appearance on the podcast 'SI Media with Jimmy Traina', Florio said that Fox agreeing to keep Brady around after his ownership stake was confirmed this year was mind-boggling. 'I've been with NBC for 15 years now. There is no way in hell NBC would give Tom Brady a microphone when he owns a piece of a team,' Florio said.
![[Brady will be beside play-by-play partner Kevin Burkhardt (L) to call Super Bowl LIX]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/15/94479489-14321983-image-a-173_1737731140853.jpg)
NBC Sports' Mike Florio believes Fox hasn't done enough to address Tom Brady's potential conflict of interest now that he's a partial owner of the Las Vegas Raiders. Brady's stake in the team was finalized this year, the same year he joined Fox's broadcast team.
'They would never do it. They would say, 'Tom you've gotta pick a lane. You cannot do this.' Fox should have done that. 'Which explains why, if they're willing to do it, then they'll just brush it under the rug, do a word salad, check the box handling of it.'.
