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Brady was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
last month after 20 years of unparalleled success with the New
England Patriots.
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor told her St. Petersburg counterpart Rick
Kriseman during a video briefing: "I always tell people, 'Now
I'm not one to gossip so you didn’t hear this from me'.
"But you know our parks are closed down and so a lot of our
parks staff, they patrol around just to make sure people aren't
doing contact sports and things and saw an individual working
out in one of our downtown parks.
"And she went over to tell him that it was closed and it was Tom
Brady."
The Buccaneers have not yet responded to a request for comment.
NFL offseason programs have been altered significantly this year
as all team facilities, where players would normally gather to
prepare for the upcoming season, have been closed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Brady, who is staying at a Tampa Bay mansion he is renting from
Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter, said last month he could not
prepare for the 2020 campaign as he would like since offseason
programs have been delayed indefinitely.
The NFL's 2020 season is scheduled to kick off in September and
Brady, 42, will be at the helm of a Bucs team that finished 7-9
last year and have not made the playoffs since the 2007 season.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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