So the lightning didn't hit me... let me add this...
There are probably quite a few good folks around the NFL you never hear about going about their charity work, then there are those you've heard about before. Now you hear about Brady, and it's got to be the best charity work evah because he's quiet about it blah blah blah...
When all is said and done, he's the best NFL player evah. Period. He is working on the greatest of the great ones or something, putting him up against your Jordans and your Gretskys, however one quantifies that. Well, hard to do that comparison, but fine. But come on. He's doing some good stuff with a fraction of an enormous fortune. I don't see him signing a pledge to leave the majority of his wealth to charity upon his death - actually, I didn't read the article, but I am assuming this isn't that.
And the guys who do that are a political football, being shouted down by ideological foes.
Philanthropy's not a contest, that's a given. I don't give anybody points because you never hear about them; that also means they don't inspire anybody else. So yeah maybe you think that makes a generous guy more "pure" but he might have a lesser effect. Some people think they're more "pure" because they personally get their hands dirty, which means it would probably be publicly observable. Anybody giving back somehow is okay in my book... nobody gets points because they do it this way or that way.
It's good Brady gives back, that's all there is to say... he's not any better than those who do so at a commensurate level relative to their income and abilities. He's just the greatest NFL athlete of all time, who happens also not to be a DB.
Edit: Having read the article, clearly he's getting props for very public efforts; they just weren't super-publicized. He didn't become the millionth participant in a campaign by chance. So yes, maybe he doesn't bring it up himself, but no, it's not exactly under the radar.
