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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Nov 9, 2021, 09:23 PM Nov 2021

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar slams Aaron Rodgers for 'directly and deliberately' lying about COVID vaccine

Longtime NBA legend and outspoken Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joined in on the chorus of sports figures slamming Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Monday morning.

Abdul-Jabbar, in a Substack entry titled “Aaron Rodgers Didn’t Just Lie,” ripped Rodgers after he tested positive for COVID-19 and landed in the NFL’s health and safety protocols while unvaccinated — something he had misled the public about for months.

"Rodgers’ ignorance regarding the science of immunology brings back to life the old stereotype of the big dumb jock," Abdul-Jabbar wrote. "His utter lack of even the most basic knowledge and logic is shocking."


Rodgers, Abdul-Jabbar said, “directly and deliberately” lied when he said he was immunized against the coronavirus — and that he hurt the image of professional athletes in general by his actions.

https://news.yahoo.com/sports/kareem-abdul-jabbar-slams-green-bay-packers-aaron-rodgers-for-covid19-coronavirus-vaccine-lies-commentsmcaffee-show-000008970.html
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar slams Aaron Rodgers for 'directly and deliberately' lying about COVID vaccine (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP
Direct link to Abdul-Jabbar column dpibel Nov 2021 #1
Rodgers hurt himself and his team. He is likely finished as a football player. NCjack Nov 2021 #2
i can imagine that the Packers are going to take a long term hit Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #4
Not a chance. Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2021 #7
wow Skittles Nov 2021 #3
Kicking for Kareem! Thanks for the honest, KAJ rurallib Nov 2021 #5
I heard on the sports news this evening that he will play this weekend. Srkdqltr Nov 2021 #6
It's Not A Certainty ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #8

Tetrachloride

(7,728 posts)
4. i can imagine that the Packers are going to take a long term hit
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 09:45 PM
Nov 2021

Suppose 2 starting players more than usual do not return next year because of not wanting to be in Green Bay. A disease like this can be contagious, as was mentioned in the movie The Natural.

Similarly, Green Bay has lost some fans permanently.

Srkdqltr

(6,129 posts)
6. I heard on the sports news this evening that he will play this weekend.
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 11:27 PM
Nov 2021

Unless the sports guy on Chan.4 Detroit was being snarky. That could be too.

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
8. It's Not A Certainty
Wed Nov 10, 2021, 09:52 PM
Nov 2021

But, it's possible.
The 10 day quarantine will have expired. And, after 10 days he needs just one negative test.
But, Rodgers himself said he was sick, is now feeling better, suggesting to me that he hasn't done heavy conditioning for a week.
Will he actually be physically up to playing, even if he tests negative?
And, if he doesn't test negative, they add 4 days to the quarantine.
So, he may be eligible to play, but it's hardly a done deal, at this point, he will

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