In Tom Brady’s 22-year NFL career, he’s made about $333 million in contracts with the Patriots and Buccaneers. Well, Fox is reportedly willing to pay Brady more than that for 10 years of announcing duties.
According to The New York Post’s Andrew Marchand, Brady is going to join Fox as the network’s top NFL analyst once his playing career comes to an end. And while there were jokes about Brady never retiring, the figure that Fox is willing to dish out for Brady’s services was stunning.
Brady, who has never called an NFL game from the booth, will make $375 million over 10 years with Fox.
🚨NEWS: Tom Brady's contract to call games for Fox Sports is for 10 years and $375 million, The Post has learned. https://t.co/WDcPjMYhYE
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) May 10, 2022
Fox doesn’t even know if Brady will be any good in the booth as on-field success doesn’t correlate to being an effective broadcaster. But with Tony Romo’s immediate announcing success and the loss of Troy Aikman to ESPN, Fox wanted a big name to go alongside Kevin Burkhardt. It’s an incredible gamble on Fox’s part because it’s hard to believe that even the best broadcaster could be worth $37.5 million annually for one game a week. But hey, it’s their money.
NFL fans had plenty of thoughts (and jokes) about that salary.
This was how Twitter reacted
Brady’s commitment to not being a family man is honestly admirable at this point https://t.co/5PM1gWr1La
— Daniel Oyefusi (@DanielOyefusi) May 10, 2022
that’s a lot of strawberries https://t.co/PkpS30QLk7
— Erik Malinowski (@erikmal) May 10, 2022
this is SO stupid … im sure he will be fine but what a waste of money https://t.co/B9Opf2CSGU
— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) May 10, 2022
There is no salary cap off the football field … https://t.co/vS9HMxags1
— Jamison Hensley (@jamisonhensley) May 10, 2022
Me at 9 am: Why the hell would Tom Brady do this?
Me at 11:30: Ah. https://t.co/9ByFjfQwb2
— Robert Mays (@robertmays) May 10, 2022
Kyler Murray's new offseason workout regimen is just going to look like this: https://t.co/rV5CCnnRa6 pic.twitter.com/A7zzDLh5fQ
— Andrew Joseph (@AndyJ0seph) May 10, 2022
$37.5 million a year, and not one person is going to decide whether or not to watch the game because of who the color guy is. https://t.co/gbhCp6Gb4R
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) May 10, 2022
My man already has seven championships & this deal waiting for him when he’s ready, & he’s choosing to let Aaron Donald, T.J. Watt, Cam Jordan & Micah Parsons try to maul him. On purpose.
Football players are wild. https://t.co/MVlK5p4CBU
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) May 10, 2022
This is incredibly wild, in part because there is no guarantee Brady is even good at this.
See Montana, Joe or Johnson, Magic. https://t.co/cwk8vTs37j
— Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) May 10, 2022
I’m spending the summer practicing calling games 😂🤩💰💰 https://t.co/PWirh7MQY5
— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) May 10, 2022
Tom Brady is gonna retire and get a RAISE. lol https://t.co/Fz0RYBkQhR
— Stephen Holder (@HolderStephen) May 10, 2022
Me when I realized I’m gonna have to listen to Tom Brady call Jets games. https://t.co/dsuyMcmecA pic.twitter.com/6XBIjnrv4u
— Andrew Golden (@andrewgolden_17) May 10, 2022
Like, what if he’s terrible at it? We’ll find out soon enough.
