Published 13:00 IST, March 23rd 2020

Tom Brady joins Buccaneers is another 'No Loyalty in Sports' example: Shaquille O'Neal

Tom Brady joins Buccaneers: Former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal has claimed that Brady's departure from the Patriots confirms there is no loyalty in sports.

Reported by: Sujay Chakraborty
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NFL superstar Tom Bry leaving New England Patriots was extremely likely considering Patriots allowed him to enter free ncy for first time in his career. However, Bry opting join  Buccaneers of all teams has raised a lot of eyebrows. While Bry has secured a lucrative 2-year deal with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, reason behind Tom Bry's move remains unkwn. 

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Tom Bry joins Buccaneers: Shaquille O'Neal on Tom Bry

Amidst all heated debate over Bry's move to Tampa, former NBA star and current analyst Shaquille O'Neal has claimed that Bry heing to Bucs shows 're is loyalty in sports'.

Shaquille O'Neal, who himself played for six different franchises in NBA, remained extremely critical of fact that Patriots allowed veteran to leave. Appearing on Scoop B Rio Podcast, former Lakers star said, "It just confirms that re is loyalty in sports. When you get older, y forget about you."

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Shaquille O'Neal ted that re are only a few players who stay with one franchise for twenty or thirty years and rest a just 'dog meat'. 'Big Shaq' cited examples of some of greatest sportsmen in world like Michael Jordan and Partick Ewing, who left ir beloved teams when y were past ir prime. 

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Tom Bry joins Buccaneers: Shaq thinks Tom Bry deserved to stay ar year at Patriots

Shaquille O'Neal furr ded that every team wants to get younger players in ir rosters without caring for older members. Circling back to Bry, O'Neal said, "You can go younger with Patriots, but you’re t bringing in anyone even close to Tom Bry. I don’t kw what you do."

As a player who brought a lot of success to Patriots, Shaquille O'Neal wanted Patriots to offer at least a one-year-deal to Tom Bry out of respect. NBA analyst wanted Bry to stay at New England as a 'thank you time' for helping Patriots win six Super Bowl trophies. 

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Tom Bry joins Buccaneers: Tom Bry Buccaneers contract

As mentioned above, 42-year-old secured a massive 2-year-contract to join Buccaneers. Multiple publications delved deeper into numbers surrounding his Bucs deal stating that team will pay him $50 million in guaranteed money to quarterback with a furr $9 million in various bonuses.

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Tom Bry joins Buccaneers: Tom Bry Buccaneers contract details

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13:00 IST, March 23rd 2020