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NFL Rumors: Tom Brady Expected to Be 'Prominent Voice' in Raiders Front Office

Julia StumbaughOctober 15, 2024

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 13: Tom Brady, former NFL quarterback, looks on before the Detroit Lions play the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on October 13, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
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The Las Vegas Raiders have been left with plenty of questions after the benching of former starting quarterback Gardner Minshew and the reported trade of star wideout Davante Adams.

It sounds like former NFL star quarterback Tom Brady will have some influence on the franchise's answers going forward, should the league approve his pending minority stake in the team.

Brady is "anticipated to have a prominent voice in the team's football operation" once he purchases a 10 percent stake in the Raiders, Vincent Bonsignore reported for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The sale is "expected to be approved" by NFL owners on Tuesday, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Schefter reported that Brady's minority ownership bid has been approved by the NFL's finance committee. This committee's recommendations are generally upheld by the league's owners, per Schefter.

Brady's anticipated 10 percent stake will leave him short of the 30 percent threshold required for an investor to be considered a controlling owner of a team. Davis and his mother, Carol Davis, inherited control of the franchise from the late Al Davis following his death in 2011.

According to Bonsignore, Brady will have influence over the team's decisions due to Davis' "respect for Brady."

"It doesn't matter what percentage he owns. It's the percentage that the owner entrusts him to advise and help make football decisions," one NFL source told Bonsignore.

Bonsignore wrote that Brady "could be setting himself up as the franchise's future owner" should more of the Raiders go up for sale.

Brady, who began working as an analyst for Fox Sports ahead of the 2024 season, played his 23rd and final NFL season for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2022.

He reportedly sought a minority stake in the Miami Dolphins soon after his final retirement as a player, although the deal fell apart before it was finalized.

Brady has been seeking a stake in the Raiders since at least May 2023, when inital reports indicated he was close to finalizing a deal with franchise owner Mark Davis.

The sale was complicated when the finance committee balked at what they believed was a "discounted" price offered to Brady by Davis, the Washington Post's Mark Maske and Nicki Jhabvala reported last year.

Maske then reported earlier this month that price of the stake had been raised to "far more money than originally proposed." The Raiders currently hold a $6.7 billion valuation by Forbes.

This is not the first time Brady has sought partial control over a Las Vegas sports franchise. He previously acquired a minority share in the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces, another team owned by Davis, in October 2023.