Fox Sports commentator Tom Brady has a vote in the Associated Press' NFL awards this season and it's unsurprisingly been a controversial topic, given that the former NFL quarterback is also a partial stakeholder in the Las Vegas Raiders.
That is the very definition of a conflict of interest, though the AP defended the decision to give Brady a vote on Friday.
"As a credentialed media member who covers the NFL regularly, Tom Brady meets the requirement to vote for the AP NFL awards," the AP's media relations manager, Nicole Meir, wrote to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk in an email.