Aaron Rodgers refuses to sign for cancer patient

[StarMan2112]

What a *****!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62-zJzB-chA

 

[FloridaRob]

yea what a jerk. From a Packer Blog.

"Apparently a friend has a friend who is a retired teacher and who is involved with the Boys & Girls Club.
Someone from the Packer organization called this guy at the Boys & Girls Club and told them to bring 75 kids from the Boys and Girls Club to the new bowling alley in Howard and they would get soda, pizza and free bowling.
They got a second call upping the amount of kids to 100. When they all got there, there were about 15 Packers players there to visit and bowl with them.
When they were done, all the kids were each given $100 to go to Shopko for Christmas shopping, accompanied by the Packer players.
And it was all funded by Aaron Rodgers. There was no publicity, no television cameras...."

and this

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/100579014.html

what a *****. :sarcasm:

 

[StarMan2112]

If some guy on a Packers blog says he's a great guy that's good enough for me.

 

[FloridaRob]

If some guy on a Packers blog says he's a great guy that's good enough for me.

as opposed to you on a Cowboy blog saying what a ******.

 

[StarMan2112]

I just think what he did was wrong. You're cool with it... I understand.

 

[FloridaRob]

I am not going to make a judgement on an athlete walking with his headphone on and probalby paying no attention to what is going on around him. He was in Atlana where probably most people were heckling him. Sorry about the ladies condition, but that is much to do about nothing even he did see her. I am sure he won't be the last athlete to diss someone.. He might have saw her but with headphone blaring, I doubt he heard her.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Aaron Rodgers has a lot to learn about where his money comes from

Posted by Mike Florio on January 16, 2011, 3:35 PM EST

Rodgers makes a lot of money because people are willing to pay to watch him do what he does, and because they’re willing to sit and watch him do it on television, while being bombarded with advertisements and networks promos.

So football players need to be willing to pause and sign an autograph or two from time to time. Especially when the person seeking the autograph is female, is wearing copious amounts of NFL-licensed pink apparel, and has very short gray hair.

There’s a pretty good chance that any person fitting that description is a cancer patient. And if the NFL is going to allow the official uniform to be infiltrated by pink patches and gloves and cleats and stripes every October, high-profile NFL players need to be willing to stop and sign an autograph for someone who fits the profile of a person who is in the fight of her life.

Read the whole thing: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ot-to-learn-about-where-his-money-comes-from/

 

[FloridaRob]

It is already being reported that Rodgers gave this woman an autograph after the Eagles game and that this was a set up. If this is proven to be true I wonder if Florio does a retraction. I doubt it. He is a Vikings fan after all

 

[jimmy40]

What a *****!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62-zJzB-chA

I think the main thing to take from this video is that Aaron Rodgers is pro cancer and hates old women.

 

[Go Big D!]

Well, at least Clay Matthews had the decency to sign her shirt for her:
(What Matthews had to say to her is very telling)

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[DallasEast]

Well, at least Clay Matthews had the decency to sign her shirt for her:
(What Matthews had to say to her is very telling)

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Classy move by Clay Matthews.

 

[LatinMind]

man rodgers is a chump. especially after clay mathews says they were told she was there waiting.

 

[hornitosmonster]

Rodgers is a major ****** bag. Can't understand why you guys root for him? Please tell me why? At least Clay Matthews showed some class.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

It's a pretty crappy thing by Rodgers, regardless of what he was doing there. I'm not going to say much about it just that's not cool he didn't sign.

 

[perrykemp]

Pulled from the comments for Florio's article:

Brett Favre once played a prank on Aaron Rodgers before a practice session, asking him to autograph a helmet for a Favre 4ward Foundation charity recipient who specifically requested that Rodgers’ signature dominate the headgear.
Rodgers complied, but when he went to his locker to dress for practice his own helmet was missing. You guessed it–Rodgers’ helmet was the one that Favre had him sign, and he had no choice but to grab it and hurry out to the practice field to avoid being fined. (There was no “charity recipient.”)
Rodgers, of course, looked like a real prima donna as the only player at the public practice with his own gigantic autograph adorning his helmet. And Favre, for some reason, had a Cheshire grin on his face all afternoon.

 

[Go Big D!]

Pulled from the comments for Florio's article:

Brett Favre once played a prank on Aaron Rodgers before a practice session, asking him to autograph a helmet for a Favre 4ward Foundation charity recipient who specifically requested that Rodgers’ signature dominate the headgear.
Rodgers complied, but when he went to his locker to dress for practice his own helmet was missing. You guessed it–Rodgers’ helmet was the one that Favre had him sign, and he had no choice but to grab it and hurry out to the practice field to avoid being fined. (There was no “charity recipient.”)
Rodgers, of course, looked like a real prima donna as the only player at the public practice with his own gigantic autograph adorning his helmet. And Favre, for some reason, had a Cheshire grin on his face all afternoon.

If you watch the video it's quite obvious that this isn't the case.

 

[jimmy40]

Rodgers is a major ****** bag. Can't understand why you guys root for him? Please tell me why? At least Clay Matthews showed some class.

dude, we rooted for Michael Irvin. Glass houses

 

[Beast_from_East]

What a total D-bag, I hope Urlacher power drives him into the frozen dirt they call Soldiers Field.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

Clay is a sweetie.

You can tell Aaron was in the "zone" and just wanting to get from point A to point B. I hope Clay talks to Aaron about it and the next time he takes 30 seconds to sign the lady's hat.

 

[hornitosmonster]

dude, we rooted for Michael Irvin. Glass houses

did Irvin ever turn down a dying cancer victim? Yes, he was a party animal but never heard him being a ****** bag to people. In fact, I saw him and Sanders sign for people before...right out of Sanders Mercedes.