There are kabbalas in sports that are sacred. There is that of it Michael Jordan who wore his college shorts under the Bulls uniform, LeBron James likes to throw magnesium oxide in the air before every game … and Tom Brady cannot part with number 12even if it required him to promise something that may sound crazy to many.
The two conditions Brady set for the Buccaneers
World sport was rocked by the news in the spring of 2020 that Tom Brady would be leaving the New England Patriots after 20 seasons and six trophies from the NFL overcome, but even more surprising was the knowledge that – at the time 42 and today 43 years – The always-losers chose Tampa Bay Buccaneers as his new challenge.
According to Tampa officials, the legendary quarterback never asked for privileged treatment and alone set two conditions to sign the contract. The first was to get all of them from day one mobile numbers of your colleagues 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 immediately granted, but the second had to be granted with a direct agreement between Brady and Chris Godwin, one of the franchise’s star recipients who came off its best season and for whom the number 12 it had a meaning beyond sports.
“At first I declined, I’ll be honest, the song means a lot to be part of my childhood, my identity and it is something that is also of great value between my fiancé and me, ”he noted Godwin last July in the middle The checkdown.
Despite that initial rejection, the juicy offer TB12 made him to get his cabalistic shirt made him admit because, as he said himself, you’re not always in the presence of the best of all time.
“Brady told me I’ll give you a Super Bowl for 12Eventually I understood that we are talking about the goddamn Tom Brady, the legend, he has to have that detail with him to welcome him. So I will keep his word, ”he added. Godwin, who took number 14 for this season in which he has more than a thousand meters, regular stage and playoffs count.
Tom Brady and the record that only he has
Whatever happens on February 7th at Raymond James Stadium, Tom Brady remains the player with the most Super Bowl rings of all time because he currently has six, although a seventh wouldn’t hurt., especially in the new debate in the US media where they emphasize that, to cover the Chiefs by Patrick Mahomes, would surpass Michael Jordan in professional titles.
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