Tom Brady blocked from NFL comeback as retirement | NFL News

Tom Brady has revealed he has “explored” returning to the NFL in latest years before encountering resistance from the league. The 48-year-old future Hall of Fame quarter-back impressed during the weekend’s Fanatics Flag Football sport in Los Angeles.

He maintains strong connections with the NFL through his minority possession place with the Las Vegas Raiders and his long-term color commentary place at FOX.

And talking to NBC on Thursday, he revealed: “I actually have inquired [about a return to playing], and [the NFL] don’t like that idea very much. We explored a lot of different things, and I’m very happily retired. Let me just say that, too.”

NFL coverage states that Brady wouldn’t be allowed to play in the league unless he divests his stake in the Raiders, one thing the 48-year-old appears strongly disinterested in.

In November 2024, Brady bought a 5% stake in Las Vegas despite having began his 10-year, $375 million broadcasting contract with FOX just a few months prior.

And he also gave particulars of his function at the Raiders, saying: “I’m a minority owner. So, when you’re that, there’s really no job description. I don’t have really a daily role.

“You know, my phone call is always available to everybody who needs it. I want to see everyone succeed, be their best, bring a winning kind of a culture to Las Vegas – to bring the Raiders back to glory. I’d love to be a part of it.”

Brady initially hung up his boots following the 2021 NFL season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but swiftly reversed his determination, returning for the 2022 season. He definitively retired after that 12 months.