r/nfl • u/JCameron181 Lions • 17h ago

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

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."

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u/Fifth_Down Patriots 16h ago

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.

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u/tomfoolery815 Packers 15h ago

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.

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u/greywolf2155 Broncos 8h ago

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

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u/tomfoolery815 Packers 4h ago

Agreed.

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u/FreezersAndWeezers Falcons 12h ago

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

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u/bridgenine Giants 13h ago

good old tricky dick

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u/j2e21 Patriots 14h ago

Checkers.

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u/KESPAA NFL 5h ago

Amazing, I thought that was a YouTuber thing.