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    Shutdown Corner

    Tom Brady used an illegal stream to watch Super Bowl XLV

    By Maggie Hendricks | Shutdown Corner – Thu, Feb 2, 2012 11:34 AM EST

    Tom Brady, breaking the law breaking the law! (Getty)

    NFL commissioner Roger Goodell may not be so pleased to hear how New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady watched Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers win the Super Bowl in 2011. Still rehabbing his foot, Brady watched an illegal stream of the game online. From masslive.com:

    "Last year, I was rehabbing my foot in Costa Rica watching the game on an illegal Super Bowl website and now I'm actually playing in the game, so it's pretty cool," Brady said.

    Whoops! The NFL has gone to great lengths to stop piracy and illegal streams, even supporting the controversial SOPA legislation.

    Brady made around $588,000 per game, plus his wife Gisele Bundchen is a gajillionaire supermodel. (OK, she's worth $150 million which is still a whole lot of money.) You would think they could find a legal stream and pay for it, but that option was not available last year.

    [Related: Gisele sends 'disgustingly sappy' email asking friends to pray for Tom Brady]

    The game will be streamed online legally for the first time ever this weekend, so take note, quarterbacks not in the Super Bowl. If you're sitting on a beach in Costa Rica, you can watch the game legally.

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    20 comments

    • four
      four  •  3 months ago
      who gives a crap,i mean really,so he watched on an illegal stream,along with MILLIONS of others,is this all you #$%$ clowns have to write about???
    • Thanatos
      Thanatos  •  3 months ago
      NFL needs to give up this futile battle against technology. The internet always wins.
    • Mike F
      Mike F  •  Bloomington, Illinois  •  3 months ago
      WHO CARES! Why don't you people come up with some real stories!
    • Ping
      Ping  •  Sacramento, California  •  3 months ago
      Actually, they can't watch it legally this year either in Costa Rica. The legal stream is US only.
    • Steve
      Steve  •  Chico, California  •  3 months ago
      Oh nice, the two things I hate most on this god forsaken planet. Roger Goodell and SOPA.
    • Wonderllama
      Wonderllama  •  New York, New York  •  3 months ago
      This is underscores how awful the NFL's streaming services are. Limiting access to only certain internet and cable companies doesn't help. I bet if they provided an entire Sunday's worth of games, live and in HD, where you can flip back and forth, and for only $5, it would be incredibly popular.
    • Regular Joe
      Regular Joe  •  3 months ago
      If my team wasn’t playing I’d do the same thing. Don’t we as fans give enough money to the NFL? Think about it.
    • Double D
      Double D  •  Herndon, Virginia  •  3 months ago
      If the game is being streamed legally for the first time ever how would he have found a legal way to stream the game last year? Does Tom Brady have some type of Time-Stream-Machine?
    • Bob
      Bob  •  3 months ago
      Maggie crawl back in your new york hole and find another fishy story to reel in. Anything to disrupt the champs of the century. . Did Mr Brady actually do the streaming . "Me thinks my lady though protests to much"
    • trh2000_
      trh2000_  •  3 months ago
      I'm sure Goofdel is not pleased.
    • Vincent Burke
      Vincent Burke  •  3 months ago
      good 4 him. tom wins again. go buckeyes
    • anthonyg
      anthonyg  •  Irvine, California  •  3 months ago
      I guess Maggie has decided to ruin the NFL blog along with the MMA blog.
    • Dustin
      Dustin  •  3 months ago
      who cares, i pirate everything i can off the internet. give me something worth paying for and i might stop....might.
    • BossMan
      BossMan  •  3 months ago
      Ok... this scenario with Brady... nothing happens. Now... same scenario, insert James Harrison... $850,000 fine, 4-game suspension!
      • four
        four 3 months ago
        get real pittsburgh boo hoo.
      • uncleshady702
        uncleshady702 3 months ago
        Harrison would have tackled the illegal stream with his head, therefore deserving the fine.
      • Marcus
        Marcus 3 months ago
        Why is Tom Brady not in jail for 20 years or paying a 12,000,000$ fine??!!
    • misterclyde
      misterclyde  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 months ago
      "Rehabbing my foot in Costa Rica". I can't hate on the guy for having that option, but let's not presume he absolutely HAD to be in Costa Rica for rehab purposes during the Super Bowl. BTW, Go Giants!
    • Unsilent Majority
      Unsilent Majority  •  3 months ago
      Another useless SB hype story. Maggie is in the Chris Chase category of human spam.
    • b00ch
      b00ch  •  3 months ago
      Nice suggestion but there were NO legal streams available.
    • The Unsilent Majority
      The Unsilent Majority  •  3 months ago
      Get ready for a big fine, Tom.
    • Agnes
      Agnes  •  Caguas, Puerto Rico  •  3 months ago
      If there is any justice in the NFL the commissioner will FINE him.
    • Johnny Appleseed
      Johnny Appleseed  •  3 months ago
      The game will be streamed online legally in the USA, so if you're in Costa Rica and can't find the game, an illegal stream is still your only option.

      Anyway, this isn't even a story. Brady didn't break the law. You can't be charged with a crime for watching an illegally broadcast stream; only if you're the one doing the streaming.
      • Rikard Andersson
        Rikard Andersson 3 months ago
        No, if you are outside US territory you can buy Gamepass. That's how I've watched NFL the last 3 years.
      • Molly
        Molly 3 months ago
        Maybe in Sweden, but not Costa Rica?
      • myopinion
        myopinion 3 months ago
        true/not true?
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