Tom Brady must decide – Be an exclusive part-owner of $6.7 billion Las Vegas Raiders or an making $375 million to announce NFL games on TV

During an embarrassing Netflix roast that angered his ex-wife and affected his children, Tom Brady teased that the NFL had been right all along.

Yes, the seven-time champion had illegally deflated footballs while winning Super Bowl after Super Bowl and building a dynasty with the New England Patriots.

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“The NFL spent $20 million and found it was ‘more probable than not’ that I was ‘generally aware’ that someone may have deflated my footballs,” Brady said during the instantly controversial roast.

“You could have just given me the $20 million and I would have just told you I f****** did it.”

Four months later, the best quarterback in NFL history – who also rivals Michael Jordan as the most competitive elite athlete of a generation – is seemingly trying to cheat the NFL again.

Brady is on the verge of being a part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, who are valued at $6.7 billion by Forbes and are one of the league’s most legendary franchises.

Brady is also set to receive what could become one of the biggest overpayments since TVs changed from fuzzy black and white to ultra high-definition color.

The seven-time Super Bowl winner and Pro Football Hall of Fame lock will be paid $375 million by FOX to help call football games, despite having no previous experience and many fans wondering if he’s up to the big job.

Just ask Tony Romo how fickle constantly demanding NFL devotees are every Sunday, Monday and Thursday.

However it goes for Brady in the elevated booth for Week 1 when he calls Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns – will he even mention Deshaun Watson’s troubled past or Dak Prescott’s future contract? – what’s already eerily clear is the fact that the GOAT is attempting to get one over on The Shield.

ESPN reported that, if Brady’s purchase of a piece of the Raiders is approved, he will be placed under severe restrictions when being around the NFL’s 31 other teams.

Translation: Las Vegas minority owner Brady won’t be able to do the job that FOX is paying him $375 million to do.

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“Brady would not be permitted to be in another team’s facility, would not be permitted to witness practice and would not be permitted to attend broadcast production meetings, either in person or virtually,” ESPN reported.

“The lack of access to coaches and players before games could be the most severe restriction; those meetings, at which a broadcast crew meets with the matchup’s head coaches and key players, are often a lifeblood of insight for the telecast.”

That completely contradicts this, which is the high bar that Brady personally set for himself as an announcer in May.

“For me, it’s about, ‘Did I put everything I could into it? Did I give the fans everything that they tuned in for?’ ” Brady told Colin Cowherd.

“That’s really how I’ll end up gauging myself and I’ll have to look at myself at the end of every Sunday night going, ‘Did I do a good enough job? Did I live up to the belief that Fox had in me? Did I live up to the expectations of my teammates?’ … That’s ultimately how I’ll judge myself in that new role.”

He can’t “do a good enough job” for the fans and FOX if his access to the Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers and Buffalo Bills is severely limited by the league.

How did it even get to this point, and why hasn’t the almighty NFL already stepped in?

Simply by being involved in a planned purchase of the once revered Raiders, Brady is theoretically privy to privileged NFL information.

By already being involved in FOX’s pre-game planning, pre-season media rounds and in-game broadcasts, a 47-year-old who’s long struggled to walk away from the game is constantly receiving precious inside info about all 32 of the NFL’s teams, including the franchise that he’s attempting to become a part owner of.

Does Brady trim his Raiders purchase offer by a few million dollars if he knows that Las Vegas is only going to win eight games and fail to make the playoffs again in 2024?

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John Madden didn’t become a broadcasting legend this way.

Peyton Manning was smart enough to just focus on TV, streaming, commercials, personal branding, and continually making fun of his funnier younger brother, Eli.

Brady should be focused on passing the torch, celebrating Patrick Mahomes while analyzing C.J. Stroud and Caleb Williams, and proving to super-critical NFL fans across the globe that, yes, he really can win seven rings and be a great TV voice in the same lifetime.

Instead, a QB who increasingly made it all about himself during his final years is repeating his error all over again.

Just like his absurdly selfish roast, Brady is trying to have everything all at once, while hoping that no calls him out for potentially being a self-obsessed narcissist.

The NFL has the judge-and-jury power to make the next part really simple.

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If Brady is allowed to buy the Raiders, his $375 million TV days should be over with FOX.

If Brady is super dedicated to proving that he’s better than Manning on the slick screen, then he shouldn’t be allowed to buy the Raiders.

One, or the other.

Choose.

No one gets to do both at the same time.

Not Manning.

Not billionaire NFL owners.

Not even Brady.

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