Tom Brady’s cringey move into WWE could be part of a dramatic wider plan to pave the way for a career in politics, NFL insider Mike Florio has claimed.
Brady, 48, has repeatedly clashed with Logan Paul over the past few months and after coming to blows with the YouTuber and wrestler around the World Cup final, it emerged the seven-time Super Bowl winner has been in talks over a WWE appearance.
The news was met with derision on Brady’s part and Florio isn’t unconvinced that Brady isn’t having anything other than a mid-life crisis in the glare of the public eye.
But he also examined the idea that maybe there is a bigger plan behind Brady’s move, as well as his ever-expanding business portfolio since retiring from football.
‘I spoke yesterday about Tom Brady’s foray into the world of WWE and I got an email from a reader that I think may have been more accurate than I initially wanted to admit,’ NBC’s Florio said on Wednesday.
‘There are two ways of looking at this. One, it’s a sort of bizarre mid-life crisis for Tom Brady, it’s an exercise in ego, can’t get enough, got to do more.
Mike Florio claims Tom Brady could consider a political career in the coming years
Brady pictured with Joe Biden after winning the Super Bowl with Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Brady has also kepot company with Donald Trump on several occasions over the years
‘There’s also a chance it is part of a broader plan. Is Tom Brady trying to cosy up to the wrestling base when it comes to for running for office? I did research this morning and the idea of Tom Brady running for president is not some new thing.’
Florio then, correctly, discussed reports that Brady’s controversial former business partner Sam Bankman-Fried encouraged him to not only consider a political career, but also to consider standing against Donald Trump before he won the Republican nomination to run for a second term in office.
A report from Puck in February 2024 claims Bankman-Fried told multiple people around him that he wanted Brady to run for the G.O.P nomination and as far back as 2022 was sounding out if the quarterback could be convinced.
Bankman-Fried is currently in jail. In March 2024, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency.
Brady was one of several celebrities who endorsed FTX and was an ambassador.
Florio continued: ‘There is an article written after the Bucs won the Super Bowl explaining that Brady would be an idea presidential candidate at the appropriate time.
‘Sam Bankman-Fried was reportesly urging Brady to run in 2024. Sam Bankman-Fried, who was at one point a business partner of Tom Brady’s and is now behind bars serving a sentence for the various things that happened when FTX collapsed.
‘I don’t know how that hasn’t stuck to Brady in the way that it should but that’s a different issue. He did lose the value of the shares that he got when he became a sponsor of FTX.
Brady has recently been mocked for considering a move into WWE at the age of 48
Brady has repeatedly clashed with the wrestler Logan Paul over the past few months
‘But Sam Bankman-Fried was urging Brady to run in 2024. He thought that Brady would be a superior candidate to the person who eventually got the Republican nomination and won his second term in the White House (Donald Trump).
‘So, hey, we know how the world is now. You don’t have to be a career politician. You don’t have to have any experience running anything. Brady at least has experience in business, experience in sports, life experiences, name recognition.’
And Florio seems to think that a political run would be better for Brady’s reputation than picking fights with Logan Paul.
‘Maybe that’s the play,’ Florio said. ‘And the good news would be if he ever would run for president and win, maybe at that point Tom Brady would focus on one job and one job only.’
Brady works primarily as an NFL analyst for FOX on a 10-year deal worth $375million. He is also a minority owner in the Las Vegas Raiders.
Since retiring in 2023, Brady’s portfolio of businesses has dramatically spiked
His commercial work has spiraled in recent years, promoting everything from Pizza Hut to Duracell.
He has remained single since his divorce from Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen in late 2022 after 13 years of marriage and two children together.
Earlier this year, he was linked with influencer Alix Earle after the two were spotted getting handsy at a New Year’s Eve party and then a Super Bowl event.
