{"id":21173,"date":"2025-08-15T00:34:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/rooney-responds-bradys-take-on-work-ethic-was-unjust\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T00:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:34:54","slug":"rooney-responds-bradys-take-on-work-ethic-was-unjust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/rooney-responds-bradys-take-on-work-ethic-was-unjust\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooney Responds: Brady&#8217;s Take on Work Ethic Was &#8220;Unjust&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">August 14th, 2025, at 2:38 AM<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Wayne Rooney, the former Mayor of Birmingham, has responded to Tom Brady&#8217;s remarks about his work ethic, calling them &#8220;unfair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a recent Amazon Prime documentary focused on Birmingham, Brady, who is also a part-owner of the club, expressed concerns over Rooney&#8217;s commitment, saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m worried about (Rooney&#8217;s) work ethic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rooney took on the role of Birmingham Manager in October 2023 but was dismissed in January 2024 due to disappointing results.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0215%2Fr1291481_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0215%2Fr1291481_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0215%2Fr1291481_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0215%2Fr1291481_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Wayne Rooney managed Birmingham for three months from 2023 to 2024. <cite>Stu Forster\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>During the documentary, Brady observed Rooney&#8217;s first meeting with the players and raised concerns about the coach&#8217;s approach afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney noted on his BBC podcast, &#8220;The Wayne Rooney Show,&#8221; that Brady&#8217;s visit occurred just a day before a game, implying that the timing may have affected Brady&#8217;s understanding of football dynamics. \u201cWhat he\u2019s good at is being hardworking, and we all recognize that,\u201d Rooney added.<\/p>\n<p>Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion, became a minority owner of Birmingham in August 2023 after the club was acquired by Nighthead Capital Management LLC and financier Tom Wagner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Soccer isn\u2019t like the NFL, where you only play for three months a year,&#8221; Rooney argued. &#8220;He\u2019s being quite harsh, as players also need their rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rooney, a former England international and Manchester United star, succeeded John Eustace, who was let go in hopes of propelling Birmingham back to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the team experienced relegation to League One by the season&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have immense respect for Tom Brady,\u201d Rooney remarked. \u201cHe is arguably the greatest athlete of all time, and it appears Birmingham is starting to feel that impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Fan Take:<\/strong> This exchange highlights the growing crossover between American and European sports, where star athletes influence management and ownership in ways that can redefine a franchise&#8217;s culture. For soccer fans, this interaction underscores the importance of work ethic and commitment from management, which are crucial for the success of clubs navigating the competitive landscape of the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 14th, 2025, at 2:38 AM Wayne Rooney, the former Mayor of Birmingham, has responded to Tom Brady&#8217;s remarks about his work ethic, calling them &#8220;unfair.&#8221; In a recent Amazon Prime documentary focused on Birmingham, Brady, who is also a part-owner of the club, expressed concerns over Rooney&#8217;s commitment, saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m worried about (Rooney&#8217;s) work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5764,5765,40,46,770,2095,45,5781,740],"class_list":{"0":"post-21173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-bradys","9":"tag-ethic","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-responds","13":"tag-rooney","14":"tag-soccer","15":"tag-unjust","16":"tag-work"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}