TOM BRADY HAS RESPONDED TO VICIOUS RUMORS GOING AROUND
ABOUT HIM FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
HE IS A MAN WHO SEEMS
POPULAR TO DISLIKE FOR A LOT OF REASONS, AND HE FINALLY FEELS
LIKE HE NEEDS TO RESPOND, SAYING THAT NO, HE WAS NOT IN FACT A
DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTED.
THAT HAS BEEN GOING AROUND FOR A COUPLE
WEEKS, UNDERSTANDABLY SO SINCE HE SAID ON SEPTEMBER 8 THAT HE
ADMITTED TO HAVING THE TRUMP HAT AND HE SAID TRUMP HAS DONE
A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE SAID IT, SAID THAT HE
WAS A TRUMP SUPPORTER, A TRUMP FAN.
HE WILL SAY THAT HIS WORDS WERE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT IN
THIS AUDIO CLIP.
I THINK YOU ARE PURPOSELY EVASIVE SOMETIMES, BUT THE THING
WITH TRUMP A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THEY ASKED YOU ABOUT TRUMP AND
YOU SAID IT WOULD BE GREAT, WHATEVER.
AND IT COMES ACROSS
THAT YOU ARE ENDORSING TRUMP, IT IS A BIG STORY.
IS THAT PART OF
THE REASON WHY YOU ARE SO CAREFUL SOMETIMES, YOU SAY
THINGS THAT GET BLOWN UP?
IT IS A DIFFERENT WORLD THAN WHEN I STARTED IN PROFESSIONAL
FOOTBALL.
EVEN AN OFFHANDED COMMENT LIKE THAT -- PEOPLE MAY
RUN WITH IT, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE DO RUN WITH IT.
YOU
GET CLICKS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
IT IS PEOPLE DOING THEIR
JOB.
A COMMENT LIKE THAT -- I TRY TO HAVE FUN WITH CERTAIN
THINGS, BUT SOME THINGS A LOT OF TIME GET TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.
ONE ADDITIONAL THING HE SAID, HE SAID IT WOULD BE GREAT
IF TRUMP WON THE ELECTION.
HAVE WE TAKEN IT OUT OF CONTEXT?
WHO GIVES A SHIT?
REALLY?
BUT ISN'T THIS ONE OF YOUR HEROES?
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN
FOOTBALL.
IT IS PAINFUL.
IT DID NOT SOUND TO ME LIKE A FULL-FLEDGED ENDORSEMENT.
AS HE SAID LATER IN A CLIP --
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF HE WON THE ELECTION?
HE DOES NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING.
TRUMP IS SAYING.
THEY PLAY GOLF TOGETHER, HE KNOWS HE IS A FAMOUS PERSON WHO
FIRED PEOPLE.
NOW HE'S WALKING IT BACK.
DON'T CARE.
NO, HE IS
NOT A HERO.
HE IS NOT AN ANTIHERO.
HE'S NOT BATMAN?
HE IS JUST A GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER.
YOU DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE SAID IN THE FIRST CLIP.
I THINK HE MIGHT WIN YOUR RESPECT IN THE SECOND CLIP.
GOOD.
WHEN WE ASKED IF YOU WOULD VOTE FOR TRUMP, YOU SAID YOU
DIDN'T KNOW.
WHEN YOU MADE THOSE OFFHAND COMMENTS IN THE LOCKER
ROOM, THAT WAS TRANSLATED INTO AN ENDORSEMENT, PEOPLE SAID HE
ENDORSED TRUMP.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS, DID YOU?
LOOK, I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME.
HE HAS BEEN A FUN GUY
THAT I HAVE HAD A LOT OF TIME AROUND.
THE FACT THAT HE IS
RUNNING IS -- IT HAS OBVIOUSLY LED TO A LOT OF DEBATES AND THE
RATINGS WERE HUGE FOR ALL THE REPUBLICAN DEBATES AND SO FORTH,
SO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER -- IT IS SO FAR AWAY FROM THE ELECTION,
AND WHATEVER I VOTE WILL BE MY OWN PERSONAL CHOICE BASED ON HOW
I FEEL.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, I HAVEN'T PAID
ATTENTION TO POLITICS IN A LONG TIME.
IT'S ACTUALLY NOT SOMETHING
THAT I REALLY EVEN ENJOY, SO IT IS WAY OFF MY RADAR.
HE IS AT LEAST ADMITTING HE IS NOT INTERESTED.
SO BORING.
AS A SPORTS FAN, GOING DOWN THE POLITICAL ROAD IS
A SLIPPERY SLOPE, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL REPUBLICANS.
NOT ALL,
BUT A LOT OF THEM.
THEY'RE CONSERVATIVE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF
MONEY, THE ONES WHO ARE GOOD, AND THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR
MONEY.
THAT IS AS FAR AS I THINK ABOUT IT.
MAYBE.
I DON'T KNOW.
I'M SURE SOME BELIEVE IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
THE ENTIRE PGA TOUR IS MADE UP OF REPUBLICANS.
AND MOST OF NASCAR.
IF YOU PLAY GOLF GROWING UP --
DALE EARNHARDT, JR, THE NASCAR DRIVER, WHOSE DAD WAS
DEFINITELY REPUBLICAN, AFTER INITIALLY INDICATING THAT HE WAS
SUPPORTING -- THERE WAS A REPORT OF HIM SUPPORTING GEORGE BUSH
AND WE WERE AT WAR, BUT HE MADE HIS ENTIRE CREW GO SEE
FAHRENHEIT 9/11.
AND HE SAID IT WAS AN IMPORTANT MOVIE, OR WORDS
TO THAT EFFECT.
I WAS LIKE, MAYBE.
BUT ATHLETES AND COUNTRY
SINGERS -- IT IS NOT WORTH IT BECAUSE YOU FIND OUT WHO THEY
GAVE MONEY TO.
ALL THESE TERRIFIC NBA PLAYERS GIVING
MONEY TO REPUBLICANS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I DON'T HOLD ANY HOPE
THAT TOM BRADY AND PEYTON MANNING ARE ANYTHING OTHER THAN
CONSERVATIVES, WHEN IT IS SAID AND DONE.
I GET THAT THE GUY IS YOUR FRIEND, YOU PLAYED GOLF WITH HIM --
SO MANY OF THEM ARE DEEPLY, DEEPLY RELIGIOUS, AND COME
FROM RELIGIOUS FAMILIES.
ALL THAT STUFF OF WINNING THE GAME DUE TO YOUR MOM AND GOD,
THAT IS TRUE?
ANYWAY, THE REASON I WANTED TO MENTION THE LAST
PART IS THAT I THINK YOU MAY BE MISSING SOMETHING BECAUSE HE
SAYS HE WILL CHOOSE WHO HE VOTES FOR BASED PURELY ON HIS
FEELINGS, AND HE DOESN'T FOLLOW POLITICS, AND DOES NOT KNOW
WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.
HE SOUNDS JUST LIKE A TRUMP SUPPORTER.
THERE WAS SOME NEWS TODAY, A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS
GRANTED A REQUEST BY THE NFL AND THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION TO
EXPEDITE A HEARING ON THE LEAGUE'S APPEAL OF A LOWER
COURT RULING THAT STRUCK DOWN A SUSPENSION OF BRADY THAT
ENABLES HIM TO PLAY.
DOES THAT MEAN HE IS BEING EXECUTED?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
EXPEDITING THE HEARING OF THE LEAGUE'S APPEAL, BECAUSE THE LEAGUE
WANTS HIM SUSPENDED.
COULD BE HEARD AS EARLY AS FEBRUARY 2016,
BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY EXPEDITED.
THAT GUARANTEES HE
WILL BE PLAYING THIS ENTIRE SEASON.
IF THEY HADN'T EXPEDITED IT, IT WOULD BE JUST IN TIME FOR THE
NEXT MILLENNIUM.