In one of the more bizarre turn of events this offseason, New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers was speculated as a potential option as a vice-president running mate for presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But Rodger ultimately turned down the opportunity, which he explained on Tuesday.
Rodgers was asked by reporters on Tuesday about “how serious” talks between him and RFK got about potentially running alongside him in the upcoming presidential election.
The future Hall of Fame quarterback responded by further endorsing RFK, but ultimately saying that he “wanted to keep playing” the game of football.
“Yeah, I love Bobby,” said Rodgers via SNY Jets on X, formerly known as Twitter. “We had a couple of really nice conversations. But there were really two options. Retire and be his VP, or keep playing. And I want to keep playing.”
Rodgers obviously couldn’t do both run alongside Kennedy and play professional football for the Jets. So as he said, he had to make what was seemingly somewhat of a difficult decision on which option he preferred.
At 40 years of age, chances are he doesn’t have too many years in the NFL left on his hands. So even if politics is in his future, his NFL career is clearly taking precedence at the moment.
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Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.