Not Even Tom Brady is Allowed to Work Out at Tampa Park Closed Due to COVID-19

Tampa's newest high-profile resident is having to follow the rules like everyone else amid the pandemic.

Tom Brady is doing his best to prepare for his 20th NFL season, and his first as the starting quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Unfortunately, the current legal restrictions due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is keeping him from getting his workout in at one of the many lovely parks in his new city.

Tampa mayor Jane Castor relayed a story about a parks employee who noticed a man working out at a downtown parked that's been closed due to the current pandemic, and went she approached him to inform him, she realized it was the GOAT himself.

Mayor @JaneCastor on a @TomBrady sighting in Tampa:

"Our parks are closed down so a lot of our park staff patrol around...and saw an individual working out in one of our downtown parks. She went over to tell him it was closed. And it was Tom Brady." https://t.co/fASoW4tCpu pic.twitter.com/u2Sbaczdwz

— WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) 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

NFL offseason programs have been drastically changed due to the outbreak of the virus, with team facilities being closed to all staff, including players that would normally be working out in preparation for the upcoming season.

It looks like Brady will have to make do with a workout venue a little closer to home, and perhaps somewhere inside that 30,000-square-foot, waterfront mansion he's renting from his good friend Derek Jeter.