After Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady announced Sunday that he was returning to the field for another season, many critics felt his retirement saga was nothing more than a publicity stunt.
Brady’s father, Tom Brady Sr., said there is a much different explanation for his son’s flip-flopping on retirement.
“I think people kind of put him into a corner and all these rumors and things before he was ready to make a decision and he had to say something just to get the news people off his back,” the elder Brady told reporter Dan Hausle of WHDH-TV in Boston.
So why did Tom retire? “ I think people kind of put him into a corner and all these rumors and things before he was ready to make a decision and he had to say something just to get the news people off his back.” That’s what Tom Brady’s dad told me. #7News pic.twitter.com/fl2Sv8KbcW
— Dan Hausle (@dhausleon7) March 14, 2022
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It’s possible Tom Brady really did want to be the center of attention and this comment was just an attempt to make him look better. With that said, his father’s explanation makes some sense.
According to The Sporting News, ESPN reporter Adam Schefter broke the news of Brady’s retirement on Jan. 29.
“Tom Brady is retiring from football after 22 extraordinary seasons, multiple sources tell @JeffDarlington and me,” Schefter wrote in a tweet.
Tom Brady is retiring from football after 22 extraordinary seasons, multiple sources tell @JeffDarlington and me.
More coming on https://t.co/rDZaVFhcDQ. pic.twitter.com/6CHWmMlyXg
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 29, 2022
Brady’s agent quickly pushed back on the report and said his client would be announcing a decision about retirement “soon.”
During a podcast on Jan. 31, the 44-year-old quarterback himself contradicted Schefter’s report, NBC News reported.
“I think when the time is right, I’ll be ready to make a decision one way or the other,” Brady said.
“I understand my decision affects a lot of people’s lives, so when that decision comes, it’ll…