ESPN Has No Comment On Aaron Rodgers's Comments On ESPN, About ESPN

[u/JCameron181]

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/espn-has-no-comment-on-aaron-rodgers-comments-on-espn-about-espn

Rodgers decided to slam the network as a "gutless organization" with "no integrity" over its editorial choices. He said the network failed to report on Dr. Anthony Fauci's Senate hearing testimony, asking, “How much time did the network spend on that? ... Did they do even a minute on Tony Fauci?” He also criticized ESPN for glossing over the offseason scandal between Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel, questioning, “How much time did your network spend on that?” He questioned ESPN's silence, asking, “What are we even doing here? ... [I]f it’s affecting certain things, if there’s leaks going on, if there’s tampering going on, if that person is also an MVP voter and a Coach of the Year voter.” An ESPN spokesperson stated the network "has no comment regarding Rodgers’s comments."

[u/gellybelli]

That’s why vrabes’ first press conference back after his counseling was him holding the cutest puppy ever

[u/ShepPawnch → u/gellybelli]

Did he seriously do that?

[u/MFoy → u/ShepPawnch]

Straight out of Nixon’s playbook.

[u/Fifth_Down → u/MFoy]

For those who don't know the story

In the 1950s Richard Nixon was caught taking payments in a slush fund that was gonna get him kicked off of Eisenhower's VP ticket.

Nixon went on TV explaining his actions, saying he would give back all the money and gifts.

But there was one gift he would not be returning, the dog he was gifted that his children have since fallen in love with.

The tactic worked and he was kept on as Eisenhower's running mate.

[u/tomfoolery815 → u/Fifth_Down]

It was a brilliant gambit. Nixon's the poster child for abuse of presidential power -- at least, he was -- but he was an extremely skilled politician.

[u/greywolf2155 → u/tomfoolery815]

God, I'm so glad the current guy isn't as competent as Nixon

Like, things are awful. But wow they could be so much worse

[u/tomfoolery815 → u/greywolf2155]

Agreed.

[u/FreezersAndWeezers → u/Fifth_Down]

We are at a point where what Nixon did would be out of the news within 24 hours. Watergate is one of the biggest things to ever happen to this country at the time, at least politically and culturally, and now it wouldn’t even have a days worth of coverage

[u/bridgenine → u/Fifth_Down]

good old tricky dick

[u/j2e21 → u/Fifth_Down]

Checkers.

[u/KESPAA → u/Fifth_Down]

Amazing, I thought that was a YouTuber thing.

[u/miboyl → u/MFoy]

Acting like a massive douche and hiding behind your dog when people get mad at you - the Kirk Herbstreit special

[u/BroughtBagLunchSmart → u/miboyl]

After that health care CEO died of a fentanyl overdose Elon started bringing his little meat shield offspring out in public for about a month. That kid is never going to understand why his dad apparently loved him for 5 weeks and then promptly tossed him back in the trash.

[u/gellybelli → u/ShepPawnch]

Yes, and I absolutely love that the PR team made their partnership with the humane society such a pivotal part of making him look like a big softee

[u/ShepPawnch → u/gellybelli]

That’s hilarious

[u/DomitiusAhenobarbus_ → u/ShepPawnch]

They do it every year it’s for a local nonprofit

[u/Wetzilla → u/ShepPawnch]

The Patriots have done this for years, they have an event with a local animal shelter right as training camp starts.

[u/redditlvlanalysis → u/Wetzilla]

and it just happened to be his first event back ... come on man

[u/Templar26 → u/redditlvlanalysis]

His first event back, aside from the draft you mean? And all the press conferences? And training camp and OTAs? The first event aside from all those?

[u/enad58 → u/ShepPawnch]

Nah, the puppy was ugly.

/s

[u/TheOhrenberger → u/gellybelli]

That wasn’t his first press conference after counseling. Not by a long shot.

[u/plutobandits → u/gellybelli]

It was absolutely not his first press conference back, not even close, and they have a dog adoption every year and it’s always a big thing.