Aaron Rodgers Says He Emailed His Packers Teammates to Explain His CBA Vote and Basically Got No Responses
By Sean Facey
With the immediate future of player-team relations hanging in the balance, Green Bay Packers veteran Aaron Rodgers made a bold move and voted "No" on advancing the proposed collective bargaining agreement to the next level.
After doing so, he went one step further and sent out an email to each of his teammates explaining his vote and what it could mean down the road.
Much to his dismay, practically nobody responded.
Aaron Rodgers says on @WildeAndTausch he sent an email to every single Packers player educating them on the proposed CBA and got "next to no responses." Called it "disheartening."
— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) March 6, 2020
It's not a good sign to hear from Rodgers that the majority of his teammates seem disinterested with the bargaining process. After all, this is their livelihood that's being negotiated.
It must be hard for him to fight for these guys when they don't seem remotely bothered about the process themselves.
Whereas Richard Sherman was one of the loudest voices against the proposed CBA last week, Aaron Rodgers was one of the biggest objectors last night, per sources. Rodgers wanted even more dramatic changes to the off-season program that included more free time for the players.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 26, 2020
The one bright spot to come out of the situation is that it shows that he's at least taking his role as the team's union representative very seriously. He's doing his best to keep everyone in the loop.
Hopefully after this tiny public lashing, the rest of the guys around him on the roster will start to take note of the ongoing labor negotiations and get more involved in the process.