Tom Brady has gotten off to a funny and bumpy start in Tampa Bay. Shortly after Brady was ejected from a public park for violating quarantine orders, Brady accidentally trespassed in a Tampa Bay resident’s home when he thought he was visiting Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich.
Brady walked in the wrong house. It was a simple mixup, but one that has reportedly enraged other NFL teams … and not because of the trespassing thing.
The bigger issue to NFL teams is that Brady was making contact with his new coach. Due to coronavirus concerns, the league has delayed offseason activities for teams, so that they may abide by quarantine rules.
But a CBA rule says that players are not allowed to meet with team coaches to discuss football before official offseason activities have commenced. As they haven’t, it could be conceived that Brady was in violation of CBA rules by visiting Leftwich. Other teams have reportedly reached out to the league to express their anger with Brady violating the rules.
According to [Jason] La Canfora, teams around the league have “conveyed their dismay to league officials” about Brady’s meeting, and since they believe the quarterback violated league policy, the teams are “anticipating some stern discipline” for Brady and/or the Buccaneers. As one source told Pro Football Talk, what Brady did was “totally illegal.”
I doubt we’ll see a suspension or anything close to it for Brady, but a fine might be in order if the league determines he was violating CBA rules.
