Tom Brady joins hands with Kim Clijsters as the sporting icons buy a team in the Major League Pickleball
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Tom Brady, the American football quarterback for Tampa Bay Buccaneers is currently playing the 100th season of his career in the National Football League. Brady announced his retirement in February 2022 but made a shocking return within 40 days of the retirement announcement. At the age of 45, he became the oldest quarterback to start a game in the history of the NFL.
Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl champion along with Kim Clijsters, the former tennis player from Belgium have joined hands to become owners of an expansion team in Major League Pickleball, that will begin in 2023. Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America that has attracted many other champions of different sports like NBA champions LeBron James and Kevin Love, and Super Bowl champion Drew Brees who have also shown interest in the sport and are some of the high-profile owners of the expansion team.
It is also being speculated that Tom Brady could shift his focus from football to Pickleball once he retires from NFL and chases after championships in a completely different sport but there is no confirmation. He has often been spotted playing the game with his family as it has become a neighborhood game in America and is a good investment because of its popularity.
Tom Brady’s love for pickleball takes him to invest in one of the teams at the Major League Pickleball
Tom Brady and Kim Clijsters group is led by Knighthead Capital. It also includes RBC Bond saleswoman Callie Simpkins and JPMorgan financial advisor Kaitlyn Kerr who will serve as its general manager. The expansion team owned by Brady and Clijsters is expected to be 50% female owned.
The new ownership group will be part of Major League Pickleball’s growth plan which is expanding from 12 teams to 16 and also doubling the event size number to six. The prize money and payouts are also expected to increase and exceed the two million dollar amount but the financial terms of the new teams are not disclosed as of now.
Brady holds nearly every major quarterback record in the history of the sport and has never lost a season. He is the NFL leader in career quarterback wins, quarterback regular season wins, quarterback playoff wins, and Super Bowl Most Valuable Player(MVP) awards, as well as being the only Super Bowl MVP for two different franchises.
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