We were treated to our latest round of controversy involving Tom Brady’s ownership stake in the Raiders after he was spotted in the coaching booth during their showdown with the Chargers. Multiple NFL teams have reportedly complained to the league about his involvement with the franchise, but they seemingly forget that this is an issue that every single owner unanimously brought upon themselves.
Most people don’t have the kind of cash you need to buy a stake in an NFL franchise, but there’s an overwhelming amount of data that says that’s a very wise investment to make if you can afford to join its ownership ranks.
As a result, it’s hard to blame Tom Brady for using some of the hundreds of millions of dollars at his disposal to purchase a 5% share of the Raiders in 2024 in a deal where he and a business partner bought 10% of a franchise that was valued at around $3.5 billion as a result.
Some owners balked at an investment that seemingly undervalued the Raiders by billions of dollars (Forbes estimated the franchise is actually worth $7.7 billion in its most recent evaluation). However, they nonetheless approved the transaction with a unanimous 32-0 vote, which makes the amount of whining that Brady’s involvement with the team has generated hard to take seriously.
NFL teams need to lie in the bed they made after allowing Tom Brady to become a minority owner of the Raiders
Brady had already started calling games on Fox when his ownership was made official in 2024, and the NFL dictated what he can and can’t do in that capacity in an attempt to prevent him from exploiting his position as an analyst and make sure he’s following the same rules as other owners.
It loosened one of those restrictions ahead of the season by allowing him to sit in on production meetings, but he’s still banned from attending practices or entering team facilities and cannot criticize the officials while calling games.
He can, however, sit in the coaching booth when the Raiders play, a development that garnered plenty of attention when Brady was spotted rocking a headset when Las Vegas faced off against the Chargers on Monday night (the commentators covering the contest also asserted he speaks with offensive coordinator Chip Kelly multiple times a week, although head coach Pete Carroll downplayed his contributions).
Tom Brady is in the #Raiders coaches booth tonight: pic.twitter.com/eCH4nmTuKa
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) September 16, 2025
The NFL went out of its way to explicitly say Brady hadn’t violated any rules by doing so, but according to The Washington Post, that “incident” added more fuel to the fire among the NFL teams the outlet says have become increasingly frustrated with the multiple hats the legendary QB has decided to don in retirement.
The outlet spoke with two anonymous sources affiliated with unnamed teams who expressed their displeasure with the current state of affairs, with one noting “any complaints by teams about it are dismissed by the league.”
This is just one of the many situations where a clip of Tim Robinson in a hot dog costume saying “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this” perfectly applies, as this is a controversy that could have easily been avoided if the NFL teams who—again—unanimously approved Brady’s ownership had either pushed back against the acquisition or used the leverage they had to firm up some restrictions before they approved the bid.
Brady is an infamously competitive guy, and there’s little doubt he wants the Raiders to succeed (which would obviously also improve the value of a stake that’s almost certainly going to appreciate regardless of how they perform).
However, the teams that are taking exception with the status quo are acting like Brady orchestrated some covert ruse to leverage his job with Fox to gain intel that can be used to give the Raiders a competitive advantage. They had to know what they were signing up for, and if they didn’t, there are bigger issues to address if they’re also in charge of making key decisions when it comes to operating the teams that are literally billion-dollar businesses.
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NFL Teams Have No One To Blame But Themselves For Tom Brady Ownership Controversy
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