Aaron Rodgers is reportedly not taking the NFL’s Covid policies lightly as he’s reportedly willing to boycott the Super Bowl, if the Green Bay Packers make it there, if the NFL doesn’t change their Covid policies, according to Boomer Esiason and a source.
He also won’t play next season.
The rumor/news came this morning on Esiason’s WFAN radio show where he allowed his co-host, Greg Gianotti, to read a text he’d allegedly received from someone he said can be trusted as a source but he refuses to give a name.
Aaron Rodgers Will Reportedly Boycott the Super Bowl and Next Season if the NFL Doesn’t Alter Some of Their Covid Protocols
The source claimed to have talked to people in Rodgers’ personal circle and they’re the ones that informed them (the source) or Rodger’s plan.
Boomer Esiason received a text from a trusted source which indicates that Aaron Rodgers will threaten to boycott the Super Bowl, should the Packers make it that far.#GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/8ycIyJzqKN
— Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) January 7, 2022
Rodger’s main point of contention is the testing of asymptomatic players, meaning players that aren’t showing any signs of the illness.
League protocol
The NFL’s current policy is that all unvaccinated players are tested daily whether they have symptoms or not, and Rodgers is in this group.
At the moment, Rodgers isn’t being tested daily after testing positive in November, and this period will last 90 days or two days after the NFC Championship.
This opens the possibility of his alleged plan going into effect if Green Bay makes it. This would definitely get league Commissioner Roger Goodell’s attention and force the league to address it on some level.
Forcing the issue
It would also shaft his teammates in a sport where one’s teammates need to trust each other, and for that reason there’s plenty of reason to doubt the validity of the report.
Rodgers is a team leader and this would fly in the face of everything they worked all year for unless the league concedes early on and cost them dearly next year if he doesn’t play.
If the report is true, it can be argued that Rodgers is arguing for better treatment of players, just like Esiason did when he sat down in front of a bus when he was the Cincinnati Bengals union rep.
It’s been argued by many that the daily testing is nothing more than trying to force people into being vaccinated by inconveniencing them.
This is all speculation and without knowing who the source is there’s no way to prove it’s legitimate and not an attempt to cast Rodgers in a poor light.
The only way to know for sure if a name isn’t released is to wait and see if the Packers make it to the Super Bowl and see what Rodgers does then.
Until then, anything we or anyone has to say on this is conjecture. Do you think Rodgers would boycott the Super Bowl and next season or is this just a rumor?
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