TOM BRADY has launched an incredible rant amid criticism of his role at Fox.
Some fans hit out at the NFL legend over what they feel is a conflict of interest.
Tom Brady hit back at critics in a lengthy rant[/caption]
Brady signed a $375million deal with Fox in 2024 to provide analysis for the broadcaster for the following ten years.
However last year he became a minority shareholder in the Las Vegas Raiders, and sparked anger when he was seen watching their game with the Los Angeles Chargers from the coaching booth.
Some felt it was a conflict of interest given Brady’s role as a broadcaster – something the former quarterback denied and cannot understand.
He wrote in his latest ‘The 199’ newsletter, “I love football. At its core it is a game of principles.
“And with all the success it has given me, I feel I have a moral and ethical duty to the sport; which is why the point where my roles in it intersect is not actually a point of conflict, despite what the paranoid and distrustful might believe.
“Rather, it’s the place from which my ethical duty emerges: to grow, evolve, and improve the game that has given me everything.
“I believe that if I do my job as a broadcaster the right way, as best as I know how to do it, with passion and openness, with a helpful, positive, optimistic mindset, the result will be more informed fans who grow to love football the way I do.
“Fans who understand the game better. Fans who come to identify, appreciate, and expect the kind of we-first team play that was a central part of my success as a player and a key factor in the joy I got out of the game.
“If I can bring my knowledge and experience to bear inside the Raiders organization to ensure there’s one more team that does things the right way; and then I can apply it in the booth so millions of people know and enjoy what the right way looks like—then I will have lived up to the expectations I have for myself.
“And I will have done so in service of a much greater duty. One that I believe every person involved with pro football shares, whether they know it or not.”
Brady, 48, directly hit out at his critics and claimed they are “blinded by distrust”.
He continued, “When you live through uncertain and untrusting times like we are today, it is very easy to watch a person’s passions and profession intersect, and to believe you’re looking at some sort of dilemma.
“Because when you’re blinded by distrust, it’s hard to see anything other than self-interest.
“People who are like that, particularly to a chronic, pathological degree, are telling on themselves. They’re showing you their worldview and how they operate.
“They’re admitting that they can only conceive of interests that are selfish; that they cannot imagine a person doing their job for reasons that are greater than themselves. (These kinds of people make horrible teammates, by the way.)
“But there are millions of great human beings out there whose actions are guided by a purpose greater than themselves, by duty and integrity.”
