“Give me a break” - Colin Cowherd defends Tom Brady from backlash amid tampering scandal

Sports analyst Colin Cowherd believes Tom Brady had nothing to do with the recent tampering scandal that rocked the Miami Dolphins.

Following a six-month investigation by the league, it was discovered that the Dolphins had "impermissible communication" with Brady. This began in 2019, when the quarterback was the New England Patriots. It continued when he became the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The communication involved Brady potentially joining the Dolphins as a limited partner or executive and possibly playing for the team, as well. The scandal has been called one of the most blatant violations of the NFL's tampering policy.

Colin Cowherd, the host of "The Herd with Colin Cowherd", championed Brady's innocence. He said that any player in the past would have listened to an offer to become a partial owner of an NFL team.

"I mean, give me a break. MJ ended his career and had a relationship with an owner. Jeter did. Peyton Manning, by the way, was all sorts of talking to the Tennessee Titans. I read."

"He decided he want to do that front office stuff. Do you think when Peyton Manning talked to the Titans about the front office, it wasn't potentially discussed that ‘hey, can I own like 10%’ ? They probably said, ‘We don't want to give it up. We own an NFL team.’"

Cowherd said that he is not worked up over the tampering allegations and warned that we could see more of this in the future with wildly wealthy athletes like Patrick Mahomes, who will likely end up with even more career earnings than Brady.

"I'm just not worked up. I mean, good God, Tom Brady is still playing. And he's already got a deal with Fox. It's already done, signed, sealed, delivered. So I think, when you look at these all time, wealthy legends, and these athletes now are 500 million, 600 million."

"This is what Patrick Mahomes is going to be doing in 12 years. Hunt family, some family, they're going to be talking about it and now the Hunt family would prefer it's him and not somebody else. But on those yachts and those vacations."

Tom Brady won't be remembered for this scandal

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With seven Super Bowl wins and a career filled with commercial endorsements, Colin Cowherd feels the scandal will not cast a stain on Brady's legacy.

"Not one person is going to look at Tom Brady's career in 20 years and go, 'Oh, my God, seven, eight Super Bowls.' Went to Tampa. But you know at the end of his career, he was talking to the cone or the Dolphins. I just can't live with that."

It's not clear what repercussions will result from this scandal, but based on history, not much discipline should be expected for the sport's greatest quarterback.

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