Legendary quarterback Tom Brady is set for a return to the field. <\/p>\n
The seven-time Super Bowl champion will join several current and former pro football players in a three-team flag football tournament scheduled for next March in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
Joining Brady in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic on March 21 will be Saquon Barkley, CeeDee Lamb, Christian McCaffrey, Maxx Crosby, Rob Gronkowski, and other stars. The teams will be coached by Pete Carroll, Sean Payton, and Kyle Shanahan.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a multi-year commitment,\u201d Brady revealed earlier in the week. \u201cObviously, we\u2019re getting off to a good start. The first year will be kind of where everyone\u2019s attention and energy is at. It\u2019s the first time we\u2019ve ever done something like this, but all the players that I\u2019ve talked to are excited about playing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, with the Olympics coming up in 2028, I think it\u2019s all the NFL players\u2019 first exposure to it, and I didn\u2019t want to miss out on being a part of it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The tournament will air on FOX Sports<\/a> and be hosted by comedian Kevin Hart. Brady is partnering with Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Entertainment<\/a> Authority, to stage the event.<\/p>\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to return to the field, get the competitive juices flowing alongside some of the game\u2019s brightest stars and iconic legends, and bring a truly unique global sports event to fans everywhere during Riyadh Season,\u201d Brady, who launched an NFL broadcast career after he hung up his cleats, went on to say in a press release. <\/p>\n \u201cI have always admired the power of flag football and how it connects fans of all ages, and it\u2019s awesome to be able to showcase the sport on such a global stage while joining together so many incredibly skilled athletes,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Legendary quarterback Tom Brady is set for a return to the field. The seven-time Super Bowl champion will join several current and former pro football players in a three-team flag football tournament scheduled for next March in Saudi Arabia. Joining Brady in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic on March 21 will be Saquon Barkley, CeeDee … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":44927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[727],"tags":[997,998],"class_list":["post-44925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-nfl","tag-tom-brady","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}