Tom Brady says he explored the possibility of coming out of retirement and returning to the NFL, adding that the league did not \u201clike that idea very much.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brady, who last played in 2022 and is currently a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>, emphasized in a recent interview with CNBC that he is \u201cvery happily retired.\u201d<\/p>\n But the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback also acknowledged that he asked the league about its rules pertaining to active players holding ownership stakes.<\/p>\n \u201cI actually have inquired, and they don\u2019t like that idea very much,\u201d Brady told CNBC, which published an interview excerpt Thursday. \u201cSo I\u2019m going to leave it at that.<\/p>\n \u201cWe explored a lot of different things, and I\u2019m very happily retired. Let me just say that, too.\u201d<\/p>\n Brady, who turns 49 in August, would need to divest his ownership stake in the Raiders if he were to pursue a comeback as an NFL player, according to league rules.<\/p>\n A league spokesperson told CNBC that there also \u201cwould be salary cap issues\u201d if an active player owned a stake in a team.<\/p>\n A comeback by Brady would not be without precedent in the NFL. Philip Rivers, 44, temporarily came out retirement last season to start three games at quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts<\/a> after not playing for over four years.<\/p>\n