There wasn’t much left for 7x Lombardi winner Tom Brady to learn about football and quarterbacking his team to championships when he retired in February this year. However, there are some areas where Brady’s expertise may not be the finest. Namely, his business and investment decisions. Luckily, he has some stellar role models to emulate in this field. This includes a former quarterback Brady learned from and a Dallas Cowboys legend who has a few golden nuggets to share.

Tom Brady has suffered a few business setbacks in the last year. After the FTX fallout drama wiped out a chunk of his net worth via his equity investments, Brady also saw some of his lifestyle stores shutting down. This is in stark contrast to his former NE Patriots senior Drew Bledsoe and 3x Super Bowl champion Troy Aikman and the post-NFL success they found.

Drew Bledsoe and Troy Aikman setting the example for TB12

$250 million-worth Tom Brady took a significant hit of nearly $45 million to his valuation after the SBF-owned FTX collapse last year. That wasn’t it. Brady also saw his TB12 store in Boston shut down in the past weeks after operating for over three years. Add to that the increasing expenses. Brady just finalized a minority partnership with the Las Vegas Raiders after becoming a minority owner of the WNBA franchise, Las Vegas Aces last month. Well, TB12 has to take some business tips. And who better to give it than Drew Bledsoe and Troy Aikman?

Former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman went with beer after football. And Aikman’s business plan is plain and simple. Focus on the product. In a recent conversation with TMZ, the Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst said that his company, ‘Eight’, will never cater to political debates. Left, right or center, Aikman’s priority remains good beer. “I think there are a lot of companies out there that wanna tell everybody who they are, or what they are about. But they’re not focused on the product itself,” he said.

Instead of beer, Drew Bledsoe put his time and money into the wine business after hanging up his cleats.

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Hailing from Wala Wala, Washington, Bledsoe found success as his hometown gradually became a hotspot for winemakers and wine lovers. Teaming up with ‘Doubleback’, a company he co-founded in 2007, the Bledsoe Family Winery is thriving, driving Bledsoe’s net worth to $35 million.

Tom Brady almost clashed with Aikman over the Fox Sports gig

Their business empires aren’t the only point of comparison between Tom Brady and Troy Aikman. After retiring from the NFL, Aikman joined the Fox Sports desk where he worked as the color commentator from 2001 to 2021. Tom Brady had a very similar career trajectory planned until the 15x Pro Bowler delayed the Fox Sports joining date to the fall of 2024. This has also pushed the $375 million 10-year payday back. Brady could have replaced Aikman in the box. However, before TB12 arrived, Troy Aikman took his commentating talents to ESPN in 2022.

Surely, the broadcasting gig will make up for some of the financial losses Tom Brady endured in the past year. However, even then, he has to keep the business footprints of Bledsoe and Aikman in mind.

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