Tampa Mayor Explains Why Tom Brady Was Kicked Out of Public Park

Brady was asked to leave a closed park in downtown Tampa, according to Mayor Jane Castor.

Tom Brady may need some time adjusting to his new home. 

The Buccaneers quarterback was working out at a park in downtown Tampa recently, but he was asked to leave after being spotted by a park employee, according to Tampa mayor Jane Castor. Why did Brady have to end his workout? He was violating the city's park closure amid the COVID-19 outbreak. 

"Our parks are closed down, so a lot of our park staff patrols around to make sure people aren't doing contact sports and things like that," Tampa mayor Jane Castor said in a briefing on Monday. "She saw an individual working out in one of our downtown parks and she went to tell him that it was closed, and it was Tom Brady. ...So there you go. He's been sighted."

Tom Brady may have won six Super Bowls, but like the rest of us, he’s just trying to find a place to work out. Tampa mayor @JaneCastor said in today’s briefing that a @tampaparksrec employee approached a man working out downtown and told him the park was closed. It was @TomBrady. pic.twitter.com/etrPdrrGsN

— JennaLaineESPN (@JennaLaineESPN) April 20, 2020

Sorry @TomBrady! Our @tampaparksrec team can’t wait to welcome you and our entire community back with even bigger smiles -- until then, stay safe and stay home as much as you can to help flatten the curve. https://t.co/qRhReqqdK0

— City of Tampa (@CityofTampa) April 21, 2020

Brady's infraction will quickly be forgotten upon his first touchdown pass with the Buccaneers. And while he certainly won't match his six Super Bowls with the Patriots, Brady could be the catalyst for turning around a moribund franchise. Tampa Bay has not reached the playoffs since 2007, and it has not won a playoff game since 2002.