Tom Brady rules dropped for Super Bowl as $375m broadcaster could see lucrative contract boost due to unknown detail

Everything is coming up Brady.

Tom Brady is set to call the biggest game of the year, Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, and he’ll be able to do something he hasn’t done all season.

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And that’s sit in on production meetings.

Brady’s minority ownership stake with the Las Vegas Raiders has restricted him from being allowed to criticize officials, not being allowed to enter another team’s facility, to view practice or to attend Fox’s broadcast production meetings, either in person or virtually.

He has essentially been doing the job with one arm tied behind his back.

Chiefs owner Clark Hunt spoke to the media on Monday night and revealed the ‘Brady Rules’ will be loosened for the sport’s biggest game of the year.

“When (Brady) was approved as an owner of the Raiders, there were a lot of discussions internally (among owners) and that ended up being the recommendation of the league office, that it didn’t make sense to have him in the production meetings,” Hunt said.

“That’s where that rule came from.

“Since he’s doing the game this week, we have no issue with him being in our production meetings.

“He’ll have the access that any broadcaster would have.”

However, he still won’t be able to attend any practices and it is unclear if the Eagles will grant him access to their production meetings.

Nonetheless, it is still a win for Brady.

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And that’s not the only good news for the seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback.

The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand revealed that Brady’s ten-year, $375million Fox contract may actually be worth much more than that.

“It was revealed by sources briefed on the contract that the deal was for ten years and $375million,” Marchand wrote.

“While Fox initially denied the numbers reported that day, Lachlan later told Axios the report was ‘directionally right.’

“It turns out, the contract has stock options, according to sources with knowledge of the deal, and Fox has performed well so, at this point, the deal may end up being north of $375million.”

More than $375 million?

That could very well be the case as Lachlan Murdoch, the Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Corporation pointed out.

Brady has faced criticisms in his first year in the booth, but like most things, it takes time and repetition to become great at something.

And for Brady, he’s determined to do so.

Now with some of the ‘Brady Rules’ going by the wayside this week, he will be hoping to give his best performance of the year on Sunday.

No pressure, there will only be about 120 million people watching.

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