Tom Brady explains his ‘Tom Terrific’ trademark application

Tom Brady does not like the nickname “Tom Terrific.” He said so on Thursday during Patriots camp while trying to clarify his trademark application for it, after receiving much obvious backlash from every New Yorker, Mets fan and Tom Seaver supporter out there.

The backlash, obviously stemmed from “Tom Terrific” long being associated with the Mets’ Hall of Famer, 12-time All-Star, three-time Cy Young Award winner and 1969 World Series champion Seaver.

On May 29, Josh Gerben of Gerben Law Firm PLLC, tweeted out a video of him scrolling through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s website coming across a trademark application for the nickname “Tom Terrific.” The application had been filed on May 24 by TEB Capital Management Inc., Tom Brady’s company.

Mets fans and Seaver supporters old and young went after the six-time Super Bowl champion. Why would Brady even want the nickname when he had so many others to choose from?

So on Thursday, Brady was asked about the trademark application. His response? “It’s unfortunate. I was actually trying to do something cuz I didn’t like the nickname and I wanted to make sure no one used it cuz some people wanted to use it so I was trying to keep people from using it,” Brady said. “It got spun around to something different than what it was, so good lesson learned and I’ll try to do things different in the future.

“I didn’t want people associating me with that (Tom Terrific) because that was something that I didn’t want to have happen.... Certainly that (steal the nickname) it wasn’t something I was trying to do out of any disrespect or ill manner.”

Brady also clarified he had no plans to use the nickname on any kind of merchandise relating to him.