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- Tom Brady’s “final TD ball” sold for over $500K just a day before he announced he’d be returning for a 23rd season.
- Brady has since addressed the unlucky collector on Instagram.
- He used the opportunity to promote FTX, a crypto firm that he has an equity stake in.
This is why — other than the fact that he whooped my pitiful New York Jets up and down the AFC East for 20 years, a majority of my time on this Earth — Tom Brady can rub me the wrong way at times. In this latest instance, for example, he’s disguising marketing as goodwill.
As you’ve probably heard by now, a collector bought Tom Brady’s “final touchdown ball” for over $500,000 just a day before Brady announced that he’d be returning to the Tampa Bay Bucs for a 23rd season.
Brady reaches out to unlucky collector on Instagram
Given how viral the news went, Brady was obviously made aware of this fact. However, instead of privately reaching out to the collector to remedy the issue, TB12 took to social media to hawk crypto trader FTX. Brady and his wife Gisele Bündchen unsurprisingly have an equity stake in FTX. The couple first took a stake in FTX back in June 2021 and serve as ambassadors for the company.
“Hey FTX… could we donate a Bitcoin to the charity of this person’s choice?!” Brady asked on IG.
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The touchdown pass, which was rendered irrelevant by Brady’s unretirement, was thrown from the 44-year-old QB to wide receiver Mike Evans during the Bucs’ 30-27 divisional-round loss to the Los Angeles Rams, the eventual Super Bowl champions.
After just 40 days in retirement, Brady announced that he would be returning to the Tampa Bay Bucs for a 23rd NFL season. By the time the 2022 season kicks off, Brady will be 45-years-old.