Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is a staunch opponent of the NFL's new collective bargaining agreement proposal, an during an interview with Wilde and Tausch on ESPN Radio on Friday, Rodgers said his piece:
āTo hang our hats on some of these things that to the owners are a nothing, to me lessens our value,ā Rodgers said, referring to some players being willing to accept provisions such as limits on offseason practices and training camp. āAnd I think we should've stood firmer on revenue and player safety instead of trying to get some of these concessions where we don't have, again, we don't have lifetime health care. I've seen a lot of former players talking about that. I don't know, that obviously wasn't one of the main things negotiated.ā
Rodgers is not at all enthralled with the idea of playing 17 games in a regular season, saying that it would go against everything the league has done to promote player safety:
āI think some of the gains we made on player safety, we take a step back if this gets ratified and goes through and there's 17 games and another game on wild-card weekend, and we didn't adjust any of the playoff pay, which is already significantly less than regular-season pay,ā said Rodgers. āI really don't understand the major, major points that people are trying to sell this to.ā
The 36-year-old also does not seem too happy that some players don't seem to care enough about the potential impact of the new CBA, mentioning that he sent out texts to teammates about the situation and didn't even get responses.
Rodgers is the Packers' representative to the NFL Players Association.
If this new deal does get ratified, you can bet that there will be some NFL players who share Rodgers' feelings.
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