Tom Brady had every right to be bitter about Roger Goodell’s ruling that caused him to miss the first four games of the 2016 NFL season. We would have all understood if he displayed animosity to Goodell when the NFL commissioner handed him the Super Bowl LI MVP Trophy.
Yet in the end, the only thing Brady showed was a huge smile and 100 percent class.
Just watch this exchange.
Couldn’t get the Facebook Live feed to work. Here’s the video of Goodell giving Brady the MVP trophy pic.twitter.com/r85dbN6ZZa
— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) February 6, 2017
This wasn’t awkward, as many suspected it would be. It wasn’t contentious. It was courteous, professional and as classy as anything we’ve ever seen.
Kudos to Brady for letting bygones be bygones.