Tom Brady on comeback: NFL didn't 'like that idea very much'

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Tom Brady toyed with the idea of a potential comeback, going so far as to ask the NFL if it were permissible for a minority owner of a team to play in a league game.

Per NFL rules, a player can't also be an owner.

'I actually have inquired, and they don't like that idea very much,' Brady told CNBC. 'We explored a lot of different things, and I'm very happily reti