Aaron Rodgers Releases Long Statement to Explain His 'No' Vote on NFL's Proposed New CBA

The NFL and the players are scheduled to take part in what could morph into some nasty negotiations over the latest collective bargaining agreement. While several big-name players have already expressed their displeasure for the new labor proposal, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was perhaps the largest dissenter.

Rodgers expressed on Twitter why is is adamantly against the newest CBA, citing the fact that this doesn't look like a fair deal for the players on the Packers he is trying to represent.

Rodgers, a vocal leader in the movement to get rid of this new CBA proposal, mentioned the addition of one extra game to the NFL season and a new playoff format that would add one more playoff team and only give the first seed in every conference home field advantage as major reasons as to why he voted no.

Rodgers was not the only superstar quarterback to vote no, as Seattle Seahawks star Russell Wilson also did not approve of the new CBA as it was constructed.

While the league did reduce the amount of padded practices in the previous CBA, they risk undoing all the progress they made towards making the day-to-day life of an NFL player less strenuous. Furthermore, their insistence on 17 games could be a major sticking point in what's gearing up to be a feisty negotiation.

Rodgers is supposed to be looking out for every other Packer on the roster, and his vote against the new CBA is a short-term win for the players.