The NFL has spoken out for excitement for the appearance of quarterback legend Tom Brady at the Monday Night Game of the Las Vegas Raiders against the Los Angeles Chargers.
As the NFL announced in a statement on Tuesday, Brady did not violate any rules when he was sitting in the team’s coaches box during the Raiders 9:20 bankruptcy of the Raiders.
The NFL explained that Brady, who is a minority owner of the Raiders, was not entitled to enter the team buildings of the other 31 teams for training or production meetings as a TV expert at Fox Sports, but he could very well sit in the coaches box.
According to the NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, there is “no regulations that prohibit a team owner to sit in the coaching cabin during a game or to wear a headset.” McCarthy added: “Brady sat in the cabin in his function as a partner.”
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“All people in the cabin must adhere to the rules that prohibit the use of electronic devices, with the exception of league equipment such as a Microsoft Surface Tablet for the Sideline Viewing System,” it said.
Raiders-Head coach Pete Carroll said on Tuesday that Brady was not involved in the preparation of his team.
“He talks to us about nothing other than our conversations that are really random,” said Carroll. “They are not planned. They are in no way structured. He knows – he was very respectful in what he was doing.
NFL spokesman McCarthy meanwhile added: “Tom remains prohibited to go to training units or production meetings in a team facility. He can take part in production meetings, but not personally in the team facility or in the hotel. Production meeting with Broadcasting teams at the discretion of the team to determine coaches or players what they say in these sessions. “