OT: No ESPN front page on this?

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[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

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Can't see this at work ... what is it? The H2H on Welker? The trip by the *s?

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A cancer patient in Green Bay was featured and she wanted Rodgers to sign her cap.

Rodgers walked right past her, acted like she wasn't even there. Is that not boorish behavior?

Clay Matthews did stop, signed and talked to her.

[pittpete]

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Classy guy, hope he breaks his collarbone vs. Bears
Fn POS

[MeetJoeGreene]

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Don't worry.. once he does it a second time and it becomes a pattern, it will be big news... I am sure of it....

[Irongut]

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Don't worry.. once he does it a second time and it becomes a pattern, it will be big news... I am sure of it....

Actually, most, if not all of the stories are completely positive and he does a lot of charity work and stays after practice/games sometimes as much as 90 minutes to sign and meet with fans.

It is also been reported he has signed multiple items for this woman before. I would imagine he sees to it that her hat gets signed as well.

The people talking about this non story are the same people that truly know their own QB is a flat out ******* and doing nothing but trying to make themselves feel better about it.

[Wolfhound45]

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Should he have signed it? Absolutely. Did he? No.

It was his loss, not hers. He is the lesser man for it.

Hats off to Matthews though. Shows you that classiness runs in that family. Still like the way his dad played, even if it was for the Clowns.

[Wolfhound45]

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It is also been reported he has signed multiple items for this woman before. I would imagine he sees to it that her hat gets signed as well.

Thanks for the background information. Provides clarification/context.

Something "reporting" often forgets to provide.

[RuthlessBurgher]

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Should he have signed it? Absolutely. Did he? No.

It was his loss, not hers. He is the lesser man for it.

Hats off to Matthews though. Shows you that classiness runs in that family. Still like the way his dad played, even if it was for the Clowns.

His uncle too, even if it was for the Oilers.

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Don't worry.. once he does it a second time and it becomes a pattern, it will be big news... I am sure of it....

Actually, most, if not all of the stories are completely positive and he does a lot of charity work and stays after practice/games sometimes as much as 90 minutes to sign and meet with fans.

It is also been reported he has signed multiple items for this woman before. I would imagine he sees to it that her hat gets signed as well.

The people talking about this non story are the same people that truly know their own QB is a flat out bad word and doing nothing but trying to make themselves feel better about it.

Nice how you stole the felon's opinion on SN.

Facts are Ben was destroyed in the media based on lies, rumors, and flat out BS.

But here's Rodgers being a douche and it's ignored.

Just like Sanchez, arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and was jailed.

You won't hear a peep this week about it though.

[NJ-STEELER]

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i'll asume this isn't gonna make one of those 'make a wish' segemsnts on espn for rodgers

[hawaiiansteel]

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Tue Jan 18 10:35am EST

Cancer patient snubbed by Rodgers comes out in his defense

By Chris Chase


Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers 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.

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.

Don't judge Rodgers based on this one incident. Are you perfect every second of every day? Would you want people forming opinions about you based on how you live every second of your life? Maybe he had just gotten into an argument with his girlfriend. Maybe he ate some bad sushi. Maybe he was late for the plane. There are plenty of reasons he could have brushed past Cavanaugh, all of which are more plausible than "he doesn't care about cancer patients."

When I first read about this incident, I immediately thought of a touching "Make-A-Wish" segment that aired on "SportsCenter" earlier this year. You know, the one where Rodgers went above and beyond to make sure that a 13-year-old heart transplant patient had the time of her life at Packers training camp. Strange that nobody who's ripping Rodgers is mentioning that clip this week.

The ESPN segment doesn't mean Rodgers is a great guy. But it's far more of an indication as to his character than a split-second incident at an airport.

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"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."

She's 100% right.

But #7 should be given the same consideration.

[_SteeL_CurtaiN_]

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Don't worry.. once he does it a second time and it becomes a pattern, it will be big news... I am sure of it....

Actually, most, if not all of the stories are completely positive and he does a lot of charity work and stays after practice/games sometimes as much as 90 minutes to sign and meet with fans.

It is also been reported he has signed multiple items for this woman before. I would imagine he sees to it that her hat gets signed as well.

The people talking about this non story are the same people that truly know their own QB is a flat out bad word and doing nothing but trying to make themselves feel better about it.

Nice how you stole the felon's opinion on SN.

Facts are Ben was destroyed in the media based on lies, rumors, and flat out BS.

But here's Rodgers being a douche and it's ignored.

Just like Sanchez, arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and was jailed.

You won't hear a peep this week about it though.

Walking past someone and not signing an autograph and investigation of sexual assault do not equate, man One is a guy being a jerk the other involved the possibility of charges and a jail sentence.

[feltdizz]

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"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."

She's 100% right.

But #7 should be given the same consideration.

you look really pathetic right now... enjoy the win over Goodell's Bmore Ravens and stop looking for ways to make #7 into a victim.