Aaron Rodgers Has An ‘Opt-Out Silver Bullet’ for 2021

Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a few tricks up his sleeve, and if he indeed decides to miss this upcoming season, he’ll actually save himself some money, but here’s the catch. He’ll have to rule himself out for the entire season, rather than hold out. If he does hold out, it will cost him money. If he opts out, he’ll potentially save himself over $20 Million.

PFT explains his options:

“The letter agreement between the NFL and NFL Players Association from Tuesday of this week does indeed grant broad powers to all players to opt out of the 2021 season, regardless of whether they opted out in 2020 or whether they have been diagnosed with a higher-risk condition since October 1, 2020. Although such players would be entitled to no stipend for 2021, any player who executed his most recent contract before October 1, 2020 can indeed opt out voluntarily, no questions asked as to motivation or qualification or possible ulterior motive.

This includes, most notably, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. By next Friday, July 2, he can pull the plug on the 2021 season. It would be a permanent and irrevocable decision, but he can do it.

The benefit to doing so comes from the fact that he would not forfeit $11.5 million in unearned signing bonus money for 2021 if he opts out. Also, he presumably would still receive the payments on the $6.8 million roster bonus that he earned in March, and that is due to be paid out in weekly installments during the season.

That’s $18.3 million that he’ll keep by opting out. If he doesn’t opt out but holds out, he loses that $18.3 million — and would be fined roughly $2 million on top of it for skipping training camp.”

After further review, it looks like Aaron Rodgers does indeed have an opt-out silver bullet; if he affirmatively decides by next Friday not to play in 2021, he'd avoid $20.3 million in forfeitures and fines that would apply if he simply doesn't show up. https://t.co/4p2IVgsN2T

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) June 25, 2021

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By the  looks of it, things are going to get pretty interesting in Green Bay in regards to the Rodgers situation. If Rodgers really wants to screw the Packers, he can sit out the entire year without losing that money. The tricky part of this whole thing is, does Rodgers really want to miss an entire season of football at this age? I mean the guy only has so many great years left.

Teams that want Aaron Rodgers for this season better get on the phone with Green Bay, like now.

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