Aaron Rodgers is an arrogant loser

Aaron Rodgers is a fraud, and yet, he still has his supporters. You can find them online spouting things like: “His body; his decision.”

What they fail to comprehend is, yes, it’s his body, but there are rules to follow, and he didn’t want to follow them. So he found a way to skirt the rules by telling sports reporters he was “immunized,” knowing full well that they would consider that synonymous with being vaccinated, which proved to be the case.

One of the best columns I’ve seen written about this Rodgers story comes from the pen of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar the NBA great. His column was titled: “Aaron Rodgers Didn’t Just Lie – His lies, his illogical defense, and his hubris damage all professional athletes.”

Abdul-Jabbar begins his Nov. 8 column with this paragraph:

“Professional athletes have come so far from the dark days when the public saw them as perpetually partying adolescents, mean-spirited bullies, and worse: dim-wits one step above tackling dummies on the evolutionary scale. Today, many players are eloquent spokespersons as well as admirable athletes. This hard-fought change occurred gradually over decades as more and more athletes proved themselves to be passionate and articulate advocates for a better, more inclusive society.”

Then, along comes three-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers who described himself as a “critical thinker” during an interview he did with Pat McAfee last week, trying to explain why he’s not really a liar and a fraud. He said he consulted millionaire podcaster Joe Rogan, who’s also an anti-vaxxer, who also caught COVID, and found out what he could do to self-immunize his body without getting the vaccine. Not sure if this included coffee enemas or what, but it did include, according to Rodgers, taking Ivermectin, which is used to treat certain parasitic roundworm infections.

Here’s my favorite quote from Kareem’s column: “If he ever requires open-heart surgery will he hand the scalpel to romance writers because they know about matters of the heart?”

The point is, no one would care if Rodgers didn’t get the vaccine as long as he followed league protocols for players who weren’t vaccinated, which includes wearing a mask inside team facilities. Trouble is, he wanted it both ways. Rodgers didn’t want to get vaccinated (he claims without offering any proof that he is allergic to one of its ingredients), and he didn’t want to wear a mask. It might cover up his pretty-boy face, so he continued to hold press conferences bare faced, putting sports reporters and fellow players at risk.

Before this season began, Rodgers told the NFL what he was taking and wanted the league to label him as vaccinated, but it refused after consulting with league physicians.

The QB isn’t the only one at fault here. The NFL knew he wasn’t vaccinated, saw him in postgame interviews without a mask inside the team’s facility (stadium), but did nothing. The Packers knew he wasn’t vaccinated, but did nothing, and didn’t demand that he follow protocols during press conferences, putting reporters’ health in jeopardy.

Here’s another great point made by Abdul-Jabbar:

“Rodgers’ ignorance regarding the science of immunology brings back to life the old stereotype of the big dumb jock. His utter lack of even the most basic knowledge and logic is shocking. In an effort to defend his lying, he stated, ‘This idea that it’s a pandemic of the unvaccinated, it’s just a total lie … If the vaccine is so great, then how come people are still getting COVID and spreading COVID and, unfortunately, dying of COVID?’ Those two statements don’t even belong together. Statistics from many sources conclude that around 97 percent of those being hospitalized or who have died in the past several months are unvaccinated. The CDC found that the unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die than those vaccinated. If he thinks that’s a lie, what credible evidence does he have? None.”

Locally, The Advance gets an email daily from the county’s health department, detailing how many new COVID cases there are along with the number of people who have died. Almost all of the fatalities include those who have not been vaccinated. Occasionally, there are a few who have been vaccinated, but the numbers speak for themselves. The Hidalgo County’s email Monday, Nov. 8, included five deceased individuals, four of whom were not vaccinated.

No one ever said that the vaccines offer people a hundred-percent guarantee that they won’t catch COVID, but they sure limit the chances of death or serious illness if one becomes infected.

Yet, dumb Rodgers has his dumb supporters. On a forum at profootballtalk.nbc sports.com, here comes another dummy weighing in: “Good for you, Rodgers. Stand up for your rights.” That comment was “liked” by 318 like-minded dummies and “disliked” by 697 people with a thinking brain.

Rodgers didn’t stand up for his rights. He committed fraud and deception, and now we’re going to see if he gets away with it.

He’s already lost a sponsorship, but so what, the guy’s making $33 million a year, part of a $134 million contract, which doesn’t even count his $9 million in endorsements for companies such as Adidas and State Farm Insurance.

In ironic fashion, the one endorsement he’s lost so far, healthcare provider Prevea Health, which was signed in 2019, brought forth this quote from the company president and CEO: “As one of the most respected athletes in the country, Aaron is truly passionate about improving the health and wellness of our communities.”

Uh, I think some of that respect has just flown out the window.

Good news is, the Pack lost this Sunday. This, from a guy, (me), who’s been a lifelong Packer fan since I first watched them win the first Super Bowl played in January 1967.