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 Brady, 37, a four-time Super Bowl champion and 10-time Pro Bowler,
is "the current undisputed retail champion" as the league's
top-selling player for the last fiscal quarter, the NFL Players
Association said in statement on Thursday.
For the time since the rankings of officially licensed merchandise
were introduced in 2012, Brady occupies the top spot, having
replaced fellow quarterback Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks
based on sales from March 1-May 31.
Quarterbacks dominate the latest rankings with Colin Kaepernick of
the San Francisco 49ers second, Wilson dropping to third, Aaron
Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers fourth and Denver Broncos' Peyton
Manning fifth.
The merchandise sales rankings, released quarterly by NFL Players
Inc., the marketing and licensing arm of the NFLPA, are based on
total sales of all licensed products from online and traditional
retail outlets.
Brady, who led the Patriots to victory against the Seahawks in Super
Bowl XLIX, is awaiting NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's ruling on
the quarterback's appeal of a four-game suspension for his role in a
scheme to deflate footballs in the AFC championship game.
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He has consistently denied any involvement and both he and the NFLPA
plan to challenge the suspension in court if Goodell does not rule
favorably on Brady's appeal.
Goodell fined the Patriots $1 million for its role in the
"Deflategate" scandal, and ordered the team to surrender two draft
choices, including the team's coveted number one pick in 2016.
(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by Gene
Cherry)
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