Report: Brady has given up at least $60 million to help NE

[Tony2046]

Is this photo pornographic? Is that a trophy? Or does Tom ....... uh nevermind.

 

[Tony2046]

If I could marry rich I'd work for less too.

You make it sound as if Tom didn't marry Giselle he'd be living out of van down by the river.

 

[fnordcircle]

You make it sound as if Tom didn't marry Giselle he'd be living out of van down by the river.

I picture him living a life like Uncle Rico.

 

[TB_Helmet]

That goes into his GOAT portfolio.

 

[Bruins29]

Thanks, Captain Obvious. Too bad you didn’t give an actual number like Business Insider.

I knew Brady was going to be a first ballot HOFer before he was drafted. I didn’t say it to anyone at the time though. Does that count lol?

So nobody here can say "Yeah, I would have figured it to be about that amount also" because nobody actually posted that on this forum (that you know of)

Ok, I get it.

 

[maust]

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I knew Brady was going to be a first ballot HOFer before he was drafted. I didn’t say it to anyone at the time though. Does that count lol?

Bill Polian you rascal you, who would have guessed you'd post here as TommyBrady12?

 

[PatsWSB47]

If I could marry rich I'd work for less too.

Yeah, I don't know how everyone can't see right through him like me and you do. How anyone is a fan of him I have no idea. Giselle was played by a gold digging cad. Brady should be ashamed.

 

[borg]

Super G deserves the bulk of the thanks. Banco de Tanga

 

[Kdo5]

But he missed voluntary camp. His true colors are shining. haha

The outrage over it was ridiculous.

 

[Tony2046]

It also goes to show that the mythical "Patriot Way" is really just "draft the greatest QB of all time in the 6th round, who happens to be the consummate team-first player and is willing to sacrifice tens of millions of dollars to stay in NE."

In other words, it's not an organizational philosophy which will be terribly easy to duplicate - either by NE's rivals or by NE themselves when the time comes.

Great point 49.

 

[BTTA]

He is smart.

If asks for every last nickel the team will be short on funds to buy players.

Yes, and that leads to playing on a winning team, and having access to titles, stats, and longevity, all of which makes the TB business brand possible.

The alternative scenario is that he demands all the money he can get, has fewer titles and far more QB hits absorbed, is seen as a very good but not GOAT QB, and never gets anywhere with the TB business, which is what he'll be doing from age 45-65, making tens of millions by the time he sells it.

I don't think these decisions on his part should be framed as some kind of super team-oriented virtue. There's a case to be made that they are business decisions with a long term view.

 

[Tony2046]

Yes, and that leads to playing on a winning team, and having access to titles, stats, and longevity, all of which makes the TB business brand possible.

The alternative scenario is that he demands all the money he can get, has fewer titles and far more QB hits absorbed, is seen as a very good but not GOAT QB, and never gets anywhere with the TB business, which is what he'll be doing from age 45-65, making tens of millions by the time he sells it.

I don't think these decisions on his part should be framed as some kind of super team-oriented virtue. There's a case to be made that they are business decisions with a long term view.

I disagree. I think he truly was selfless and grateful at the beginning of his career. I think you can see those same traits in his family.

He might be trying to push his TB12 stuff now but I also think he truly believes in it which, to me, is not a break from character.

 

[Brick27]

I don't think these decisions on his part should be framed as some kind of super team-oriented virtue. There's a case to be made that they are business decisions with a long term view.

I think regardless of the reasoning, they have ultimately been smart, well advised decisions, that benefited all parties involved. TB benefited by being able to add to the allure and success of Tom Brady the football player. The TB12 brand benefited by being able to provide the proof in the pudding. The franchise, teams, and various guys along the way have benefited by being apart of something special.

Nearly everyone involved with Tom Brady has come out a winner.

 

[Joker]

If I could marry rich I'd work for less too.

Hard to marry rich when the indian equivalent of your fetid existence is FaceStopsClock..

 

[fnordcircle]

Hard to marry rich when the indian equivalent of your fetid existence is FaceStopsClock..

Yeah but on the plus side I have a really small **** so she doesn't have to worry about sex hurting so I mean, it's not all bad.

 

[PatsWSB47]

Yeah but on the plus side I have a really small **** so she doesn't have to worry about sex hurting so I mean, it's not all bad.

A gold digger with a small dik? Oh, she'd still worry about sex hurting, just not from you......

 

[luuked]

Alternative headline. Brady gave up millions to make sure his contract would always be considered value by one of the most successful and ruthless GMs in NFL history and never be traded. The thing is a give and take and not solely a gift by Brady to the team.

 

[Kontradiction]

Alternative headline. Brady gave up millions to make sure his contract would always be considered value by one of the most successful and ruthless GMs in NFL history and never be traded. The thing is a give and take and not solely a gift by Brady to the team.

If Belichick traded the GOAT QB at ANY time throughout his career (since he’s still on top of his game) in a QB-driven, offense-first league, it would be a fireable offense. This is solely a gift from Brady to the team since I’d put the odds at Belichick ever having traded him or letting him go in FA at 0.001%. You can also very easily make the case that it’s Brady’s presence alone that allows Belichick to get away with being as ruthless a GM as he’s been.

 

[oceansizer]

There are many wealth people who are pursuing more and more money because it is like addiction. Difference between them and TB12 is Tom is so ambitious,relentless and his addiction are trophies not money. Good for us,I assume without his numerous discounts we should have lost many great players providing us fighting every year for the trophy.

 

[luuked]

If Belichick traded the GOAT QB at ANY time throughout his career (since he’s still on top of his game) in a QB-driven, offense-first league, it would be a fireable offense.

It is your hindsight bias talking here. When Brady signed the last contract nobody could predict with certainty -- not even TB himself -- that his play would not fall off at some point in the middle of that contract. Obviously as long as he is playing at this absurd peak he will not be traded or cut and if he was to decline his contract still makes him value relative to other QBs. If Brady knew he would have a couple of MVP-level seasons at the age of 39, 40 and 41 he would have most probably asked for money.

But what if he fell back to 2013 level of performance ? Still among the better QBs but not unequivocally the best.

This is solely a gift from Brady to the team since I’d put the odds at Belichick ever trading him or letting him go in FA at 0.001%.

Don't see BB keeping him at the moment he is not value anymore. Of course the calculation of what is value includes a lot of variables like Bradys performance, salary cap hit but also BBs evaluation of the QB2 on the roster so it is all situational. But for the sake of argument if they still had JG and Brady were to show clear signs of slowing down during camp I don't think it is that outlandish to think that BB would consider moving on.