VIDEO: Dana White Says Robert Kraft Called Him to Complain After Pitching Tom Brady on Joining Raiders
By Dylan McCaffrey
Do not try to cross Robert Kraft and his New England Patriots as Tom Brady's free agency approaches. It doesn't matter if you're Dana White, the president of the UFC, either.
Robert Kraft called Dana White after he tried to pitch the Raiders to Tom Brady ??
— FanSided (@FanSided) March 6, 2020
(via @AlwaysLateESPN)pic.twitter.com/6ovL8SBkni
White made headlines when he tried to convince Tom Brady to sign with the Las Vegas Raiders this offseason in an Instagram live video. Turns out Kraft saw it.
UFC President Dana White, who’s a Patriots fan (bus also lives and works in Las Vegas) tries hard to convince Tom Brady to join the Las Vegas Raiders. pic.twitter.com/vjgzobkuei
— Farzin Vousoughian (@Farzin21) March 4, 2020
White is a long-time friend of Brady and a Boston sports fan first. While news outlets ran with the section where he talks about the Raiders, White maintains he wants Brady to return to the Patriots above all else.
Kraft was apparently distressed by this, because he dialed Dana White to have a word with him. White claims that in that phone call, Kraft expressed how badly he wants Brady to return to the team that drafted him in 2000.
UFC President @danawhite says he spoke with Robert Kraft today. Kraft told Dana he wants Tom Brady back with the #Patriots "so bad"@GlennDOrdway @LouMerloni @christianfauria pic.twitter.com/4KTPC3s6si
— OMF (@OMFonWEEI) March 5, 2020
At this point there is no way to tell where Brady will end up going. NFL free agency starts in six days (March 13) and the six-time Super Bowl champ has kept his 2020 plans close to his chest.
As his possible departure from the Patriots looms, the city of Boston, Kraft and (sort of) White are growing impatient.