



According to a source close to the club, it is unlikely that the Miami Dolphins will aggressively pursue quarterback Tom Brady during free agency for fear he will buy shares in the future of the NFL team.





Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross said he was not sure of the reasons the player would want to sign with Miami.





Even a report by journalist Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald newspaper reported that Ross's uncertainty about Brady was "genuine."













Miami is committed to rebuilding and signing a 42-year-old quarterback (regardless of his talent) would certainly not fit that philosophy for his next years.





Jackson also warned that the quarterback could buy a small group of shares. "The source could not rule out the possibility ... that Brady will one day, in the future, buy a minority stake," he wrote.





Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk said last week that Ross's business partner Bruce Beal has the option to buy the franchise and could theoretically sell a portion of his stake to Brady.





Ross recently said he has no plans to sell the Dolphins, so a change of ownership does not seem imminent.







