Aaron Rodgers still feels like he's being cancelled, so now he's siding with Barstool [View all]

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Why Aaron? Why do you have to be like this? You won the only fun game of The Weekend of the COVID Return, and an Arizona Cardinals loss to your division rival Detroit Lions has put the Green Bay Packers in first place in the NFC. You’re considered a favorite to win the MVP, which would be your second in a row after the Packers drafted your replacement. All of this and you actually take the time to go on an irreverent podcast every week and not speak quarterback, but actually speak like a human being. Rodgers, why must you actively make yourself unlikeable.

On this week’s Tuesday appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Rodgers was wearing one of Barstool Sports’ cancel culture hoodies. Rodgers told McAfee that Barstool founder Dave Portnoy sent the hoodie to him personally. Come on man. Rodgers, do you have any idea how offensive it is to wear a cancel culture hoodie branded by Barstool?

Now you’re wearing a hoodie from a company that’s had problems with racism, misogyny, and went scorched earth in trying to stop employees from unionizing. The head of the company who sent you that hoodie was recently accused of some disturbing acts of sexual misconduct — Portnoy has denied that misconduct occurred. The fact that Barstool even made that hoodie is offensive. All the problems that they’ve had over the years and they make clothing that mock those problems. They don’t care if they’ve done wrong, they cannot be silenced and want to rub everyone’s nose in it.

That’s what that shirt represents Rodgers, not free speech. Even McAfee distanced himself a little bit from Portnoy when Rodgers suggested that Portnoy is a fan of the show. They then went on to have a fun conversation about Rodgers breaking the Packers touchdown record, why he’s so diligent about not turning the ball over, that final touchdown pass on Sunday to Marquez Valdez-Scantling, and Rodgers even got in a good jab at McAfee. Rodgers said that the host of the program speaks three languages, English, Pittsburghese, and prick.

more at link: https://deadspin.com/aaron-rodgers-still-feels-like-hes-being-cancelled-so-1848255287

Ugh.