Tom Brady’s tee time was canceled — by the NFL.
Brady and Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians had plans to play golf collectively at Outdated Memorial Golf Membership on Dec. 2 throughout Tampa Bay’s bye week, however the plans have been scrapped once they came upon from the league the outing would violate the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols, based on ESPN.
Brady notably performed in a nationally televised charity golf match in Could, teaming with Phil Mickelson in opposition to Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning in an occasion that raised cash for COVID-19 reduction efforts. The 43-year-old Brady ripped his pants throughout that match in a second that shortly went viral.
The golf plans between Brady and Arians got here amid scrutiny surrounding their relationship, as Arians has not hesitated to publicly criticize Brady for errors, assessments Arians has stated are only a matter of him being trustworthy. Brady has insisted that the pair’s relationship is nice, and his basic supervisor agrees.
“They actually get alongside nice,” Bucs GM Jason Licht informed ESPN concerning Brady and Arians. “There’s a deep respect there for one another.”
A unique nameless supply additionally informed ESPN that the doubts about Brady and Arians coexisting are “manner overdone.”
Individuals across the Buccaneers and the league have been “confused” by the golf plans being shut down for the reason that two are allowed to face subsequent to at least one one other on the sideline each week, ESPN experiences.
Final month, Packers star Aaron Rodgers questioned what the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols have been based mostly on.
“I simply suppose there’s some double requirements,” Rodgers stated on “The Pat McAfee Present.” “You may dap up a man after the sport, however you may’t eat on the identical lunch desk as a teammate.
“You may go right down to apply and hit one another and be in shut contact, however you must have plexiglass in between you and the man subsequent to you within the locker room. A few of these issues, to me, don’t add up. I perceive we try to get each sport in and keep wholesome.”
