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Aaron Rodgers claims his Covid stance has made him a ‘VILLAIN’ as he attacks ‘wake culture’…with the unvaccinated Green Bay Packers quarterback arguing ‘wake culture wants to be offended by everything’
Packers star Aaron Rodgers has broken into ‘wake-up culture’, claiming he is being treated like a ‘villain’ because of his stance on covid-19.
In August of last year, Rodgers admitted that he deliberately misled the media 12 months earlier by telling them he was “immunized” against covid, thinking they would no longer ask him about it.
In November 2021, he tested positive for coronavirus and was subsequently required to self-quarantine for 10 days, the minimum amount of time an unvaccinated player is required to self-quarantine under NFL rules. which caused a stir.
Aaron Rodgers’ last appearance on The Pat McAfee Show saw him criticize ‘wake-up culture’
Rodgers affirmed that he is painted as a ‘villain’ for his position on the Covid
And Rodgers, who reappears in the Pat McAfee Showbelieves his continued stance against Covid has seen him painted as a ‘villain’ by his ‘woke’ critics.
“There are heroes and villains in sports and entertainment, and I think because of my stance on covid and maybe a few other things, I’ve been cast as the villain. Especially in recent years,’ Rodgers said.
“And so, that’s the way a lot of the things I say are often interpreted.”
Rodgers hadn’t finished there.
“This awakened culture wants to be offended by everything,” he added.
“You just go online and find something you don’t agree with. “I’m offended! How can you say that?” I really don’t care. I don’t care who it came from or who said it.
The four-time NFL MVP has repeatedly said that he couldn’t care less what people think of him and that he is never ‘offended’ by criticism leveled at him.
Rodgers has never been afraid to speak his mind and has repeatedly criticized the NFL’s health and safety protocols for unvaccinated players, something he likened in late 2021 to a “two-class system.”
Rodgers currently has a ‘real chance’ of being traded this offseason if he plays again
Those comments also came on the Pat McAfee Show.
At one point he also promoted the discredited ivermectin treatment for Covid.
There’s a lot of attention on Rodgers right now after the Green Bay Packers missed the playoffs following an 8-9 season.
Rodgers, who has two years left on his three-year contract reportedly worth more than $150 million, has, according to ESPN’s NFL Insider Adam Schefter, a ‘real possibility’ to be negotiated this offseason.
However, his contract makes that prospect a difficult and expensive task.
Rodgers walks off the field with teammate and friend Randall Cobb for possibly the last time
In addition to the noted maximum charge of more than $30 million for the upcoming NFL season, there are options to extend Rodgers’ contract to 2025 and 2026 that carry maximum charges of $59.302 million and $53.452 million respectively if he remains in Green Bay.
If a team were to trade Rodgers before the contract or options on his deal are modified, the team trading him would incur capitalization charges of $32.5 million in 2024, $51.10 million in 2025 and $45.53 million in 2026.
All other ideas about [a] trading and all of that, all of that is guesswork until I decide what I want to do moving forward for myself,’ he said.
I hope there will be some gratitude on both sides if that happens. But then again, that doesn’t open the door to any guesswork, honestly, on my part. And I’m not saying that to be cryptic. I have to figure out what I want to do, and then we’ll see where all the parts are and what kinds of things happen after that.