agent put out a statement reading quote, i understand the speculation about tom s future. without getting into the accuracy or inaccuracy of what s being report ed, tom will be the only person to express his plans with complete accuracy. he knows the realities of the football business as well as anybody so that should be soon. joining us now is cnn s sports anchor, andy. there appears to be some confusion about whether he will retire, won t, hasn t announced it yet. what is going on? social media is going nuts because a good half hour to an hour, it was tom brady s retiring. we were all reflecting on the greatest football career we ve ever seen and then comes you know, some other rep tabl reporters reporting it s not a done deal yet and brady may not have made his decision yet. we re kind of in limbo. adam, jeff, very plugged in nfl
being reported, tom will be the only person to express his plans with complete accuracy. he knows the realities of the football business and planning calendar as well as anybody, so that should be soon. brady is a sheeven-time super bl ch champion, two more than any person and one more than any team. five super bowl mvps. not bad for someone selected 199th in the 2000 nfl draft. thanks, patrick snell there. now, tom brady spent two decades of his career playing for the new england patriots. their home stadium, of course, outside boston, and reports of his possible retirement have left the city feeling a little deflated. tom brady is just an icon in the sport, but here in new england, 20 seasons that he gave
going to be able to watch him play anymore, it s just yeah, it s surprising. i will say, and i want to read what we just heard from tom or don, excuse me, his agent. he said, i understand the advance speculation about tom s future. without getting into the accuracy or inaccuracy of what s being reported, tom will be the only person to express his plans with complete accuracy. he knows the realities of the football business and planning calendar as well as anybody, so that should be soon. so, expect this big announcement, expect a press conference, but he doesn t want it to get in the way of the super bowl or anything like that. he s going to do it on his own time, the way that tom knows how to do it. but yeah, this is huge. you know, it s interesting because i was talking with dave zirin at the top of the 3:00 p.m. hour and he kind of mentioned that for tom, it was hard work more than anything else. he wasn t the number one draft pick. when he first came out. and you actually, yo
tom brady retiring. brady s agent releasing a statement addressing the speculation about his future, saying, quote, this, tom will be the only person to express his plans with complete accuracy. he knows the realities in the football business and planning calendar as well as anybody, so that should be soon. want to go now to tampa bay once again for more on this. joining me now from the gasparilla pirate festival is stephanie stanton. last time i saw you, you had 100 necklaces on. folks in tampa not happy about this retirement announcement, of course, brady winning them a super bowl after a very long time. absolutely, yasmin. you know, it is hard not to get involved in the festivities here, as you can see, but yeah, a lot of fans here were actually kind of shocked. some of them, when i first approached them and told them the news about tom brady s retirement, they didn t believe
the year before that. i don t leave anything half-assed. reporter: the seven-time super bowl champ has always maintained he wanted to play to 45 years old. brady will celebrate his 45th birthday in august. his bucs teammate devin white was quick to offer congratulations on a great career via social media but some close to brady have told media outlets that his future is still undecided. brady s agent releasing a statement to espn saying i understand the advanced speculation about tom s future. without getting into the accuracy or inaccuracy of what s being reported, tom will be the only person to express his plans with complete accuracy. he knows the realities of the football business and planning calendar as well as anybody, so that should be soon. brady s father, tom brady sr. also telling multiple reporters his son hasn t made up his mind. the bucs head coach bruce arians says he has not been told brady is retiring. cnn has reached out to the bucs,