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Tom Brady, 48, says he explored return to NFL but league ‘don’t like that idea very much’

Tom Brady reacts to a referee call during the Fanatics Flag Football Classic
Tom Brady played in a flag football game last weekend. Photograph: Caroline Brehman/AP

Tom Brady says he explored the idea of making a return to the NFL as a player but the league “don’t like that idea very much”.

Brady’s last NFL game came in a defeat to the Dallas Cowboys in January 2023. Since then he has become a part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders as well as a television analyst for Fox. A spokesperson for the league said that Brady, who turns 49 in August, would need to divest his stake in the Raiders if he was to return to playing.

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