Tom Brady’s Father, Agent Deny Reports That Quarterback Has Decided To Retire

BOSTON (CBS) — ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington dropped a serious information bomb on Saturday with the report stating Tom Brady is formally retiring from soccer on the age of 44. The soccer world, as you may count on, reacted in an enormous approach.

However there’s an opportunity that the report was untimely.

For the reason that story broke, a number of individuals — together with Brady’s father and his agent — have refuted the report, and a few reporters have executed some digging to find {that a} remaining resolution might need not been made by Brady.

On the San Francisco-based KRON TV station, Tom Brady Sr. stated that his son is not retiring.

JUST IN: Tom Brady Sr. tells @kron4news that his son isn’t retiring. Brady Sr. says a web based publication began circulating an unsubstantiated rumor. Nevertheless various NFL insiders are actually reporting it. @kron4news #TomBrady #NFL

— Kylen Mills (@KylenMills) January 29, 2022

Brady’s father additionally despatched a textual content message to ESPN, stating, “Tommy has made no such dedication” on retirement. He went on to inform NFL Community that any reviews of a retirement resolution are “completely improper.”

Checked in with Tom Brady Sr. who tells me, and I quote, “This story Mike is whole conjecture. Tommy has not made a remaining resolution by hook or by crook and anyone else that claims that he has is totally improper.” #TomBrady #Buccaneers

— Mike Giardi (@MikeGiardi) January 29, 2022

Brady’s agent, Don Yee, didn’t outright deny the report when speaking with reporters. He did, nonetheless, say that “Tom would be the solely individual to precise his plans with full accuracy,” and that an announcement about retirement or persevering with to play ought to come “quickly.”

Assertion from Tom Brady’s agent Don Yee: pic.twitter.com/vbUhSToYtT

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 29, 2022

Tom E. Curran of NBC Sports activities Boston, who’s lengthy been tied to the Brady camp, stated that Brady is overseas and can stay there for the upcoming week.

In the meanwhile, Tom Brady is overseas and plans to be overseas subsequent week as effectively. Whereas he could intend to retire, it looks as if a remaining, remaining, FINAL resolution hasn’t been rendered or articulated.

So this isn’t precisely “comfy” on the Brady entrance however “stand down for now.”

— Tom E. Curran (@tomecurran) January 29, 2022

Elsewhere, three separate reporters have indicated that Brady referred to as the Buccaneers this weekend and indicated that he has but to decide on his future. The Athletic’s Jeff Howe added the element that Brady advised the crew “he’s not even shut to creating a choice.”

Tom Brady referred to as the Bucs late this afternoon to tell them he’s not even shut to creating a choice about retirement, in line with a supply.

— Jeff Howe (@jeffphowe) January 29, 2022

Report for @BallySports: Tom Brady contacted @Buccaneers GM Jason Licht and advised him he has not but made a remaining resolution on retirement, disputing the ESPN report. Licht is respecting Brady’s course of and ready for a definitive reply, at any time when it comes, from the QB.

— Michael Silver (@MikeSilver) January 29, 2022

Confirming Tom Brady has referred to as #Bucs GM Jason Licht to tell him he has NOT made up his thoughts about retiring or taking part in in 2022. @MikeSilver reported it first.

— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) January 29, 2022

The TB12 firm additionally deleted a tweet thanking Brady for all of the reminiscences.

The TB12 Sports activities account deleted this Brady farewell tweet. pic.twitter.com/Iu4CJOB1NP

— Zack Cox (@ZackCoxNESN) January 29, 2022

What this implies, precisely, is tough to say.

It’s doable that the rebuttals and denials are absolutely correct, and that Brady has certainly not but determined what he’ll do.

It’s additionally doable that Brady — a cautious supervisor of his personal messaging, the chief producer of his personal documentary collection, a social media influencer with almost 18 million followers throughout Instagram, Fb and Twitter — has his personal plans and wishes for a way and when he desires to inform the soccer world that he’s strolling away from the sport that he’s dominated for twenty years.

No matter it might be, it’s clear that Brady’s camp is working exhausting to dampen the influence of ESPN’s preliminary report that the retirement resolution has been made.