Tom Brady considered coming out of retirement | 'The NFL don't like that idea very much, so I'm going to leave it'
Tom Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion and minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, looked into the rules regarding a minority owner returning to action in the NFL but as the NFL wasn't receptive to the possibility he has chosen to stay retired
Friday 27 March 2026 14:51, UK
Tom Brady considered coming out of retirement, but was dissuaded by the NFL itself.
He explored the idea but the NFL wasn't receptive to the possibility.
Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion and minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, was asked in a recent interview with CNBC if he'd looked into the rules regarding a minority owner returning to action in the NFL.
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"I actually have inquired, and they [the NFL] don't like that idea very much, so I'm going to leave it at that," Brady said.
"We explored a lot of different things, and I'm very happily retired. Let me say that, too."
It wouldn't have been Brady's first time coming out of retirement. The three-time league MVP briefly retired during the 2022 offseason after two seasons with the Buccaneers.
He had a change of heart 40 days later and went on to play for one more year before retiring "for good" in February 2023.
Brady recently turned heads in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic, where he played alongside Jalen Hurts, Devonta Smith, Stefon Diggs and Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty.
He also reunited on the field with his teammate of 11 seasons and four-time time Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski.
