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Fox should have no qualms about its $375 million commitment to Tom Brady

A few further thoughts on Tom Brady, Color Analyst of the Future while realizing the ultimate NFL broadcast booth would feature Brady, Bill Belichick, a play-by-play voice who says next to nothing, and a whole lot of sodium pentothal …

The habitual finger-wavers on social media took the news of Brady’s TV deal as an opportunity to suggest that he’s shirking the opportunity to spend more time with his family. That’s silly, even by the bottom-scraping standards of Twitter.

Sure, on the surface it was mildly curious that Brady cited that desire as one of the reasons for his retirement — excuse me, chose to “not make that competitive commitment anymore” — from the Bucs before returning 40 days later.