Tom Brady calls critics of his roles as both Raiders owner, FOX broadcaster 'paranoid and distrustful'

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Some in the football world are concerned about Tom Brady being both a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders and a FOX Sports color commentator during the NFL season.

The future Hall of Famer explained why he views those people as "paranoid and distrustful."

In Brady’s weekly "Do Your Job" newsletter, he wrote about the discussion regarding his two roles.

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FOX Sports commentators Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady before the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 14, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

"I love football. At its core, it is a game of principle," he began. "And with all the success it has given me, I feel I have a moral and ethical duty to the sport, which is why the point where my roles in it intersect is not actually a point of conflict, despite what the paranoid and distrustful might believe. Rather, it’s the place from which my ethical duty emerges: to grow, evolve and improve the game that has given me everything."

People who believe the intersection is a conflict of interest point to the fact that Brady has access to other teams around the NFL due to his broadcasting role. Other owners don’t get to have the type of conversations Brady and his partner, play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt, have on a weekly basis as they prepare for "America’s Game of the Week."

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That debate was heightened when Week 2’s "Monday Night Football" broadcast on ESPN picked up Brady with a headset on in a Raiders'