Aaron Rodgers positive for COVID (update: “furious” status leaked, claims he didn’t lie, attacks NFL protocols)

[Pats1971]

The media is eviscerating Rodgers today. Everyone is calling him a liar even Stephen A Smith who loves him.

I mean, how I see it, is...maybe not lying, but he did misdirect. He was for sure not following the same protocals for non vaxxed players. Cam go raked through the coals and he never said he was vaxxed. Rodgers did a play on words and made people believe one thing that wasnt true.

 

[amfootball]

It's lying because in the same comment, he said there are players on his team not vaccinated implying he was separate from them. He intentionally misled on his status.

 

[scott99]

I’m just happy that all the scumbag things that are happening in the NFL (Gruden, Ruggs, Rodgers), not one of them is a New England Patriot.

 

[Pats1971]

It's lying because in the same comment, he said there are players on his team not vaccinated implying he was separate from them. He intentionally misled on his status.

Oh no for sure. It was misleading. I mean he didnt say, oh yeah I got the shot, both of them, sure did here is my card, but he for sure made it seem like he was vaxxed.

 

[Pats1971]

I’m just happy that all the scumbag things that are happening in the NFL (Gruden, Ruggs, Rodgers), not one of them is a New England Patriot.

Come on, you know we do not actually need to have players do bad things to get bad mouthed. Wickersham is still on his smear campaign. Its funny that a book gets written about all the pats things, but redskins have emails that the league will not even realease and everyone is ho hum. Can you imagine if there were emails about something the league said they will not release and it was the Patriots!!!?

 

[DropKickFlutie]

So he flat out lied, and has been hanging out with the team without a mask for 3 months. This is pretty ridiculous. I hope Jordan Love throws 4 TDs this weekend.


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[Betterthanmost]

So he flat out lied, and has been hanging out with the team without a mask for 3 months. This is pretty ridiculous. I hope Jordan Love throws 4 TDs this weekend.


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We need to push this forcefully, Pash is buddy buddy with Murphy. Why is the NFL saying there is nothing to see here.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

We need to push this forcefully, Pash is buddy buddy with Murphy. Why is the NFL saying there is nothing to see here.

I don't get people defending that he didn't lie. He flat out lied. In what universe does saying he got immunized not mean specifically vaccinated. Also he did probably a hundred small room media interviews without a mask. This guy is such a psycho narcissist

 

[Lagaffe_07]

Come on, you know we do not actually need to have players do bad things to get bad mouthed. Wickersham is still on his smear campaign. Its funny that a book gets written about all the pats things, but redskins have emails that the league will not even realease and everyone is ho hum. Can you imagine if there were emails about something the league said they will not release and it was the Patriots!!!?

If the same situation would have happen to Brady in NE. Brady would have been suspended for the rest of the season. Bill would have been banned for life and the patriots fined 10M and losing their 1st round pick for the next 10 years.

 

[libra957]

Rogers is gonna cause reporters and every player he came in contact with to take time off. This could be a domino effect scenario.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

I mean, how I see it, is...maybe not lying, but he did misdirect. He was for sure not following the same protocals for non vaxxed players. Cam go raked through the coals and he never said he was vaxxed. Rodgers did a play on words and made people believe one thing that wasnt true.

It’s lying…or no one has ever “really” lied.

Consider that Rodgers reads all the press stories and watches all those hot take shows. Numerous articles referred to him as “vaccinated” in the headlines, including the major Wisconsin writers. I’m quite certain that reporters also referred to him in direct questions as “vaccinated.” Did he ever correct anyone by saying “Immunized - not vaccinated”? Of course not. And this is a guy who demands that any writer critical of him be de-platforms for “getting the facts wrong.” He said “immunized” to mislead and potentially avoid serious legal problems.

Theoretically, if a reporter got Covid from him, after he claimed he was vaccinated, there could be serious liability. He “didn’t lie” only in the most technical sense. He absolutely lied otherwise via both misleading statements, repetitive behavior, and intentional omission.

 

[Pats1971]

If the same situation would have happen to Brady in NE. Brady would have been suspended for the rest of the season. Bill would have been banned for life and the patriots fined 10M and losing their 1st round pick for the next 10 years.

Out of the league, there would have been a movie, Wickersham would be head editor and writer of ESPN, and all of Brady's items would have ben removed from the hall of fame.

 

[fourhour]

Perhaps there is a positive side to this proving the vaxx/masks useless!

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

Rodgers took some sort of alternative to the approved vaccines and he applied to the NFL for that to count as him being "vaccinated". He did not lie, because he did not say he had taken a vaccine. Also there is nothing wrong with lying to the press, they lie to us everyday!

The issue here, is when did the NFL rule that Rodgers can not be treated as a vaccinated player? I'm guessing from the speed of the cover-up, it was as soon as he tested positive. As much as I would love to see Rodgers and the Packers fined, have draft picks docked, put into the stocks, laid bare and marched through the streets of Green Bay followed by a priestess banging a drum screaming "shame", none of that is going to happen, because the memo that the NFL put out only spells out consequences for the team and unvaccinated player if a game is cancelled.

From my reading of the memo, if the league did deny Rodgers request before the preseason, the he and the Packers violated the leagues protocols which the NFL could then withhold the $2.8 million they are giving each club to help cover the costs of the COVID protocols they put in place.

 

[Huckleberry1]

What a moron. I hope it costs them home field and a shot at a Lombardi.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Seems like some people should have double-checked Aaron Rodgers vaccination status

Nice.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Holy crap…you may be right.

Twitter blowing up right now with stories/photos of multiple protocol violations.

If the Packers knew Rodgers wasn’t vaccinated then they should have to forfeit that win, as they played a player who by league rules was not eligible to play. They should also be fined heavily and docked a high draft pick. Had the Patriots done this they would lose their entire 2022 draft class.

 

[Pats1971]

If the Packers knew Rodgers wasn’t vaccinated then they should have to forfeit that win, as they played a player who by league rules was not eligible to play. They should also be fined heavily and docked a high draft pick. Had the Patriots done this they would lose their entire 2022 draft class.

Yeah maybe but that does not mean Rodgers should just get off. He obviously was lying.

 

[Tottie]

Rodgers took some sort of alternative to the approved vaccines and he applied to the NFL for that to count as him being "vaccinated". He did not lie, because he did not say he had taken a vaccine. Also there is nothing wrong with lying to the press, they lie to us everyday!

The issue here, is when did the NFL rule that Rodgers can not be treated as a vaccinated player? I'm guessing from the speed of the cover-up, it was as soon as he tested positive. As much as I would love to see Rodgers and the Packers fined, have draft picks docked, put into the stocks, laid bare and marched through the streets of Green Bay followed by a priestess banging a drum screaming "shame", none of that is going to happen, because the memo that the NFL put out only spells out consequences for the team and unvaccinated player if a game is cancelled.

From my reading of the memo, if the league did deny Rodgers request before the preseason, the he and the Packers violated the leagues protocols which the NFL could then withhold the $2.8 million they are giving each club to help cover the costs of the COVID protocols they put in place.

He 100% did lie. He was directly asked if he was vaccinated which he replied with "YEAH, i'm immunized". He then proceeded to talk about not judging teammates who weren't. Look I don't care if he is or isn't but how can we not agree on this point. He lied and then never corrected it afterwards. Not really a huge deal but it's an accurate statement to say he lied.

 

[Pats1971]

He 100% did lie. He was directly asked if he was vaccinated which he replied with "YEAH, i'm immunized". He then proceeded to talk about not judging teammates who weren't. Look I don't care if he is or isn't but how can we not agree on this point. He lied and then never corrected it afterwards. Not really a huge deal but it's an accurate statement to say he lied.

That was it, I said this prior....he did in fact mislead in his statement. If I ask you are you vaxxed and you say yes I am immunized....and you did not receive the vaxx you are in fact lying. He changed the word, he mislead. He did not say, no I did not get the vaxx but I did this instead, that was never said. He lied. There is littel doubt he lied and then mislead. Its not like he didnt know.