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Ben Roethlisberger Fails to Make Sense of Restrictions on Tom Brady as a Raiders’ Owner

Sneha Singh
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Ben Roethlisberger and Tom Brady

Tom Brady’s $375 million broadcasting gig with Fox is going to be very tough and tricky, especially with all the restrictions placed on him. After becoming a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, Brady is now forbidden from being in another team’s facilities or watching another team practice. He would also be forced to miss out on broadcast production meets, which would definitely hamper his role as an analyst.

Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger finds these restrictions quite baffling. On the latest episode of Footbahlin with Ben Roethlisberger, the two-time Super Bowl champ acknowledged the rules but couldn’t see how Brady would be able to broadcast efficiently through the restrictions.

Roethlisberger explained from his experience in Pittsburgh how the broadcasting production teams would attend the team’s practice and make notes, which helped them give meaningful insights during the game’s commentary. However, as a minority owner of the Raiders, Brady won’t have that opportunity, leaving Roethlisberger to wonder how this arrangement will work.

“But they (commentators) need to watch and see things so that they have something to talk about like, ‘Oh yeah, we saw in practice X, Y and Z happened’ or ‘We saw that play in practice… Those seem like some crazy restrictions… Fox has to be a little bit like, ‘What are we doing here?’.”

“That seems tricky to me. I don’t understand all of it and how it’s going to work,” he continued.

While Roethlisberger didn’t seem to be a fan of the arrangement, he understood where the league was coming from in imposing such restrictions on Brady — all except for one rule.

Roethlisberger disagrees with this restriction imposed on Brady

During the podcast, co-hosts, Jerrad Slopes and Spencer listed down the rules that Brady would have to abide by in his new role in Las Vegas, to which Roethlisberger reacted one by one. When it came to prohibitions against visiting another team’s facilities, broadcast production meetings, or witnessing their practice, the quarterback expressed his agreement by saying, “Makes sense.”

However, when it came to Brady being restricted from “publicly criticizing” the referees and the other teams, Roethlisberger replied, “Disagree with that.”

This particular rule would arguably make the former QB’s job either incredibly tough or incredibly drab, as expressing opinions about the teams playing the game, be it positive or negative, is a crucial part of a broadcaster’s job.

With Tom Brady embarking on his new business venture alongside his role at Fox, only time will tell how this season will turn out for the former NFL legend.

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Sneha Singh

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Sneha Singh is an NFL journalist for The SportsRush. She is currently pursuing engineering, but her passion for writing and love for American football led her to join The SportsRush in 2024. With prior experience at various media outlets across genres, Sneha has been following the sport for the past three years. What started from coffee table banter with her friends arguing for their favorite teams, soon developed into a deep-rooted love for the sport. Before she knew it, Sneha was passionately following the offseason, tracking trades, draft prospects, and heartbreaking retirements. The two teams she holds closest to her heart are the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers. The last two years have been quite eventful for Sneha, as both of her favorite teams made it to the Super Bowl in consecutive seasons. However, her first live game ended in heartbreak when the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Eagles on the grandest stage. The disappointment carried into the following year when the Chiefs beat the 49ers. Even Jason Kelce announced his retirement, which she wasn't thrilled about, but she appreciates that he's still connected to the league in various ways. When it comes to covering a story, it's not just the on-field action that excites Sneha but also the behind-the-scenes strategies, stories, and business dealings. She currently has over 400 articles to her name. Outside the NFL, Sneha finds solace in fiction. Whether it's books, films, anime, or video games, as long as there is a good story with creative expression, she's there for it. On the flip side, Sneha also likes to code and is an avid ML developer. What little time is left when she is not writing, consuming, or coding, Sneha likes to play the guitar.

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