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Clay Matthews said the stewardess on the

plane was talking all about her and her

situation, and told them all she would be

waiting there because she ran to the airport

after her radiation treatment. But I guess he wasn't listening well enough to

hear about all of that, or maybe see her there

after they all got off the plane, or even

acknowledge any of the fans that were there to

see and greet them there. Meanwhile, other

players were smiling and stopping to give autographs, but that's ok, let's all give A-Rod a

pass.

 

That's a nice Haiku you wrote there. Jay Cutler is still a doucher.

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Lol whether you are wearing headphones or not, I think every athlete knows what a fan wants when they walk past them and they are holding a pen and a shirt out.

 

Sad people are defending this lol like people defending lebron when he threw his clothes to the towel boy

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Lol whether you are wearing headphones or not, I think every athlete knows what a fan wants when they walk past them and they are holding a pen and a shirt out.

 

Sad people are defending this lol like people defending lebron when he threw his clothes to the towel boy

he walked past EVERYONE. sometimes its easier to give nothing to everyone than have some [expletive] because someone got something everyone else didn't. you think romo is signing autographs every 5 seconds of his day? apparently Rodgers did stuff for her in Philly, so its not like he has done nothing to make up for it(how long ago did this happen?).

 

hell, do we even know when the incident took place? was it yesterday?

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Wow, what a dick move. I hope he realizes what he did and does something nice for her.

he walked past EVERYONE. sometimes its easier to give nothing to everyone than have some [expletive] because someone got something everyone else didn't. you think romo is signing autographs every 5 seconds of his day? apparently Rodgers did stuff for her in Philly, so its not like he has done nothing to make up for it(how long ago did this happen?).

so are you with him or against him?

you seem to contradict yourself at times.

 

Sad people are defending this lol like people defending lebron when he threw his clothes to the towel boy

since when is it the law to sign autographs? he doesn't have to sign anything for anyone. he's a grown man and he can make his own decisions.

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Who said anything about the law? It's just the right thing to do...

 

Forgetting the "cancer patient" part of the equation for a second, you have clearly never seen a professional athlete get mobbed for autographs before. Yeah, I am sure most of those guys would love to sign for everybody that asks them, but it is next to impossible. If you ever get the chance to be at the airport/train station when a team arrives, you will know what I am talking about.

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Forgetting the "cancer patient" part of the equation for a second, you have clearly never seen a professional athlete get mobbed for autographs before. Yeah, I am sure most of those guys would love to sign for everybody that asks them, but it is next to impossible. If you ever get the chance to be at the airport/train station when a team arrives, you will know what I am talking about.

Key word, mobbed, it was one fan though, I understand what you are saying, but if it's one fan, don't be an Alex Rios.

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Key word, mobbed, it was one fan though, I understand what you are saying, but if it's one fan, don't be an Alex Rios.

 

In that camera shot, yes, there was just one fan. Airports are big places. That short video clip makes Rodgers look bad, but it doesn't tell us the whole story. Stupid to make judgements based on that.

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Cancer patient snubbed by Rodgers comes out in his defense

 

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers(notes) was under fire this weekend when a local news station showed a clip of him brushing past a cancer patient desperate for his autograph. But just as the criticism was intensifying, an unlikely source came to Rodgers' defense: the very woman he ignored, Jan Cavanaugh.

 

Before you rush to judgment, watch the video that started the firestorm:

 

This led to a bunch of self-serving hand-wringing in the media, particularly from NBC's Mike Florio, who wrote that Rodgers treated Cavanaugh like a "panhandler with leprosy" and insinuated that the quarterback was a bad person for ignoring the autograph request.

 

Cavanaugh heard comments like this and responded to the local ABC affiliate, WBAY. From an article on the station's website:

 

The video has drawn criticism but the only people Jan is critical of today are those creating the chatter.

 

"I am very unhappy with people making so much out of this, because this really isn't that big of a deal. It's up to the players to decide who they want to give an autograph to, and that's their prerogative."

 

Just a week earlier, Rodgers autographed Jan's pink jersey bearing the number 12 as the team departed for Philadelphia. A few years ago the now-star quarterback signed a number of things for her, too.

 

Not surprising that a woman fighting cancer with a positive outlook has a solid perspective on things.

 

The Florios of the world are correct when they say that NFL players owe their fame and riches to fans and, as a result, should be accommodating to them whenever possible. But to suggest that Aaron Rodgers needs to sign every single autograph for every person isn't a reasonable request.

 

VIDEO

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