Aaron Rodgers Questions the Science Behind NFL’s COVID-19 Protocols

Aaron Rodgers is never one to shy away from controversy. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has some questions about the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols: “Are we doing all this based on science?”

Rodgers appeared on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday, and the conversation turned to the league’s efforts to complete the 2020 season during the coronavirus pandemic. Green Bay’s QB compared some of the NFL’s efforts to “big brother spying on you all the time.”

“They’re watching everything, and if there’s a lapse in protocol, you can get fined,” Rodgers said. He continued: “Obviously, you’ve seen teams get fined already. … There’s one-person tables in the lunch room, there’s plexiglass between our lockers.”

"I just think there's some double standards… You can dap up a guy after the game but you can't eat at the same lunch table as a teammate"@AaronRodgers12 on the COVID protocols #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/7RqyrUgSWQ

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“I’m just wondering, what is this based on?” Rodgers said. “I just think there’s some double standards. You can dap up a guy after the game, but you can’t eat at the same lunch table as a teammate.”

“I think there are a lot of questions now that it’s more of a house arrest to find a cure with people wondering what exactly that means as far as the future of the country and the freedoms we are allowed to have at this point,” Rodgers told WISN. “… I think the important thing to think about, though which is more important than [sports] is the state of the country and the fact that we have 36-plus million people on unemployment right now. You have rising poverty levels to go along with the unemployment.”

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Green Bay itself has the highest concentration of coronavirus cases per 100,000 people, according to the NFLPA’s official website. And the Wisconsin Department of Health has taken to social media to try to encourage people to practice the right things to slow the spread.

It’s not an easy task having football games being played during a pandemic. Of course there’s going to be a lot of issues trying to prevent the spread. It’s all about the money for the NFL, that’s always been their first priority.

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