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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:12 AM Sep 2015

Tom Brady seems to have a Trump hat in his locker

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady — and the feeling may be mutual.

“Tom wants to make American great again,” Barstool Sports writer John Feitelberg tweeted Saturday alongside an image of what is apparently Brady’s locker. Inside it is a red baseball cap with Trump’s campaign slogan.




Trump has repeatedly appeared in public wearing a similar hat.

The outspoken billionaire lauded Brady this week after a federal judge overturned the NFL’s four-game suspension of Brady.

“Congrats to Tom Brady on yet another great victory,” Trump tweeted Thursday. “Tom is my friend and a total winner!”


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http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/252839-tom-brady-seems-to-have-a-trump-hat-in-his-locker

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Tom Brady seems to have a Trump hat in his locker (Original Post) n2doc Sep 2015 OP
That pretty much reinforces my opinion of Brady. cwydro Sep 2015 #1
I think he's a great football player and glad he won the case yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #5
Well, let's see..... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2015 #11
I don't care yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #12
Oh, trust me, I didn't figure you would care n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2015 #13
Good parents come first. I hope you feel the same. yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #20
Both the years of marriage and the day of the event were off ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2015 #31
You know I don't care about the faux scandal yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #32
I thought the hat said Make America Deflate Again. kairos12 Sep 2015 #18
LOL, wow, that explains a lot. nt Logical Sep 2015 #24
Good try. Kingofalldems Sep 2015 #29
Looking at the Patriot give take rate they've been cheating for a while, deflated footballs help uponit7771 Sep 2015 #30
Ugh! I'm sorry, he may be a great football player smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #2
He also loved him some George W. Bush back in the day, so I share your opinion beac Sep 2015 #4
Figures. Seriously, have you ever heard the guy speak? smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #6
I'm in MA too. beac Sep 2015 #8
It's not easy, is it? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2015 #14
They like a "winner" mythology Sep 2015 #35
Boston sports fans used to be a lot cooler 20 years ago ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2015 #36
I guess it doesn't help that I'm not a sports fan, smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #16
Probably a good idea :) Marrah_G Sep 2015 #22
He is not overly gifted with intelligence, that is for sure. Tipperary Sep 2015 #15
Have you ever seen a NFL playbook? former9thward Sep 2015 #21
OK, but I have heard a lot of NFL players give interviews and talk about whatever. Tipperary Sep 2015 #26
Lol. cwydro Sep 2015 #7
I'm pretty sure ShrimpPoboy Sep 2015 #3
I couldnt care less about Deflategate, but this makes me really not like him. marmar Sep 2015 #9
Not surprised at all. Starry Messenger Sep 2015 #10
Who gives a shit? Sorry but this is not relevant in any way to anything in yellowcanine Sep 2015 #17
It cuts into the St. Brady myth. n/t pnwmom Sep 2015 #34
No it doesn't. No one cares except people looking to bash Brady. yellowcanine Sep 2015 #37
He could start a new lobbying group... beevul Sep 2015 #19
Photoshopped horseshoecrab Sep 2015 #23
Well so far I haven't seen anyone else make that claim n2doc Sep 2015 #25
Not Photoshopped Heeeeers Johnny Sep 2015 #38
Aaargh... horseshoecrab Sep 2015 #40
Who gives a shit, really? That idiot Curt Schilling was a Bush Bot, too. MADem Sep 2015 #27
Yes Brady is a republican that's not a surprise at least not to my friends in boston FloridaBlues Sep 2015 #28
Reminds of the SNL skit... slor Sep 2015 #33
The answer revealed Blue_Adept Sep 2015 #39
"Make the cheaters great again" Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #41
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
5. I think he's a great football player and glad he won the case
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:46 AM
Sep 2015

A hat that two people own doesn't really prove anything. Is that trump's official campaign hat that he's selling on the Internet?

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
11. Well, let's see.....
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 01:39 PM
Sep 2015

Invited by Chimpy to sit next to Laura at the SOTU

Made three trips to the White House when Bush was there but somehow managed to avoid the latest trip to the Obama White House with some story about his parents anniversary.

Now the Trump hat.....

Face it. Tommy's a right-wing frat boy.

Then again, if you believe a ballboy's nickname is "The Deflater" because he's trying to lose weight and it's just coincidence he likes to smuggle balls into the bathroom.....circumstantial evidence means nothing I guess.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
31. Both the years of marriage and the day of the event were off
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 08:46 PM
Sep 2015

Look, Tom has shown he's comfortable bending the truth. The guy managed to say with a straight face he's never thought about PSI while petitioning the league in 2007 to be allowed to break in the tactile surface of the ball

Besides, Donald's not really a bad guy, right?

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
32. You know I don't care about the faux scandal
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 09:06 PM
Sep 2015

And Donald I don't think about at all. A hat question is saying nothing about Donald but is that his hat? I doubt I'd support a candidate because of a hat and that includes Bernie and Hillary. They better have more to say on issues then a hat. I am for Hillary no doubt our next president of the United States of America!

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
30. Looking at the Patriot give take rate they've been cheating for a while, deflated footballs help
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 08:46 PM
Sep 2015

... with that

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
2. Ugh! I'm sorry, he may be a great football player
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:18 AM
Sep 2015

but every time I have heard him speak he sounds and looks like a complete moron. Hence, his choice of presidential candidates.

beac

(9,992 posts)
4. He also loved him some George W. Bush back in the day, so I share your opinion
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:46 AM
Sep 2015

of his lack of smarts.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
6. Figures. Seriously, have you ever heard the guy speak?
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:55 AM
Sep 2015

I am amazed he can actually function as an adult human. He is a complete idiot. And an unrepentant cheater. I live in Boston, so he's in the news almost daily. Most people love him. I find him and his wife repulsive.

beac

(9,992 posts)
8. I'm in MA too.
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 12:09 PM
Sep 2015

Glad to know mr. beac and I aren't the only ones who don't think he's some kind of hero.

We are transplants, so we avoid talking about sports and stick to politics and religion.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
14. It's not easy, is it?
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 01:50 PM
Sep 2015

The "fans" here now treat this like life and death.

Funny, because 20 years ago the Patriots were a complete afterthought. I don't know where all these people sprung from.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
35. They like a "winner"
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:03 PM
Sep 2015

Sure he had to cheat to get those "wins", but the NFL isn't going to Lance Armstrong him and strip the Patriots of the titles they don't deserve.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
36. Boston sports fans used to be a lot cooler 20 years ago
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:40 PM
Sep 2015

The diehards knew their shit and the casuals who don't know the diff between "points" and "runs" were rarely seen and not heard.

Now they have become the insufferable jerks they said New Yawwwwwk fans always were.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
15. He is not overly gifted with intelligence, that is for sure.
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 01:55 PM
Sep 2015

But I guess he does not have to be in that job.

former9thward

(32,025 posts)
21. Have you ever seen a NFL playbook?
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 04:53 PM
Sep 2015

I wonder how far into it the average person would get, maybe page 2. In all positions in the NFL intelligence is needed to know the plays and know the plays of the other side. The quarterback most of all because he is coordinating everything.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
26. OK, but I have heard a lot of NFL players give interviews and talk about whatever.
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 05:43 PM
Sep 2015

Some are more intelligent than others. Some are dumb as a box of rocks. Many had to be "tutored" through college and many would not have made it through high school if they were not athletic stars. I actually tutored football players when I was in college. Most could not do some of the most simple math and their English skills were just abysmal. This is not any kind of new news. Huge academic scandal at UNC recently that you may have heard about.

ShrimpPoboy

(301 posts)
3. I'm pretty sure
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:44 AM
Sep 2015

most of the athletes I love to watch have ideas of some kind or another that I disagree with. I'm not going to ruin sports by worrying about it.

marmar

(77,081 posts)
9. I couldnt care less about Deflategate, but this makes me really not like him.
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 12:12 PM
Sep 2015

Last edited Sun Sep 6, 2015, 03:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
10. Not surprised at all.
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 12:39 PM
Sep 2015

If he gets his wish, his union won't be there to haul his ashes out of the fire next time.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
17. Who gives a shit? Sorry but this is not relevant in any way to anything in
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 03:03 PM
Sep 2015

politics or sports. So again, Who cares?

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
37. No it doesn't. No one cares except people looking to bash Brady.
Tue Sep 8, 2015, 10:15 AM
Sep 2015

The people who think Brady is a saint are not going to care if he has a Trump cap in his locker.

horseshoecrab

(944 posts)
23. Photoshopped
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 05:05 PM
Sep 2015

The red cap is photoshopped in.

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/patriots_nfl/the_blitz/2015/09/tom_brady_breaks_silence_it_feels_good_to_be_able_to_play


Pause quickly at 3 to 4 seconds in. Tom walking toward locker to be interviewed by WBZ TV's Steve Burton. Same bay in locker has white items in it, not red doofus hat.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
25. Well so far I haven't seen anyone else make that claim
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 05:27 PM
Sep 2015

The guy who took the pic is a hard core Brady supporter. No denial from Brady either. While it could be a photoshop, it also could have been taken at a different time. Brady and Trump do seem to be fans of each other.

http://www.wcvb.com/politics/tom-brady-wants-to-make-america-great-again/35123060

Heeeeers Johnny

(423 posts)
38. Not Photoshopped
Tue Sep 8, 2015, 12:04 PM
Sep 2015

Video (on left), was taken at a different time from the pic that was posted (on right).

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MADem

(135,425 posts)
27. Who gives a shit, really? That idiot Curt Schilling was a Bush Bot, too.
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 05:48 PM
Sep 2015

Are we seriously looking to SPORTS FIGURES who make their money running around throwing, kicking, hitting or catching BALLS for our political guidance?

I happen to think Cheers and Fraiser were very clever shows with good writing. That doesn't mean I'd ever take my political cues from the likes of Kelsey Grammar!

I wouldn't take monetary advice, marital advice, or child rearing advice from Tom Brady either. If I want to watch some football, though, he's the home town hero and the TV is right handy. Those stadium seats are too rich for my blood.

Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
39. The answer revealed
Tue Sep 8, 2015, 03:06 PM
Sep 2015
A Donald Trump hat in his locker: "He sent it to me via RKK [Robert Kraft]. I’ve known him since 2002 when I judged one of his beauty pageants. Imagine that, I was a judge at a Miss USA pageant in 2002. So I’ve known him for a long time. He always gives me a call and different types of motivational speeches at different times. Now that he’s running for president, he sent me a hat and he gave it to RKK a couple weeks ago. It found its way into my locker."


http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4784933/tom-brady-talks-marriage-donald-trump-and-courtroom-sketches
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