There are kabbalahs in sport that are sacred. There is that of Michael Jordan who wore his college shorts under the Bulls uniform, LeBron James likes to throw magnesia in the air before each game … and Tom Brady can’t part with number 12, even if for that he had to promise something that for many may sound crazy.
The two conditions Brady put on the Buccaneers
World sport was rocked by the news in spring 2020 that Tom Brady was leaving the New England Patriots after 20 seasons and six trophies from the NFL conquered, but even more surprising was knowing that -at the time 42 and today 43 years- chose the ever-losers Tampa Bay Buccaneers as his new challenge.
According to Tampa officials, the legendary quarterback never asked for privileged treatment and only put two conditions to sign the contract. The first was to obtain from day one all cell phone numbers of your peers and coaches and the second was that they allowed him wear number 12 in the sweater.
Tom Brady promised to take them to the Super Bowl
The first wish was granted instantly, but the second had to be granted with a direct arrangement between Brady and Chris Godwin, one of the star receivers of the franchise who was coming off his best season and for whom the number 12 it had a meaning beyond sport.
“At first I refused, I’ll be honest, the number means a lot for being part of my youth, my identity and it is something that also has great value between my fiancée and me “, he commented Godwin last July in the middle The Checkdown.
Despite that first rejection, the succulent offer that TB12 made him in order to obtain his cabalistic shirt made him give in because, as he himself said, you are not always in the presence of the best of all time.
“Brady told me ‘I’ll give you a Super Bowl for 12’In the end I understood that we are talking about the damn Tom Brady, the legend, he should have that detail with him to welcome him. So I will stick to his word, “he added. Godwin, who took number 14 for this season in which he has more than a thousand yards counting regular phase and Playoffs.
Tom Brady and the record that only he has
No matter what happens on February 7 at Raymond James Stadium, Tom Brady will continue to be the player with the most Super Bowl rings of all time because he currently has six, although a seventh would not hurt., especially in the new debate in the US media where they emphasize that, to beat the Chiefs by Patrick Mahomes, would surpass Michael Jordan in professional titles.
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