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January 19, 2011
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.
More positive has already come of this than if he had just signed.
Including, to borrow from Dennis Green: "the talking heads are who we thought they were".
posted by beaverboard at 03:20 PM on January 19, 2011
Oh my god. 24 hours news at its best. What a waste of time.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:53 PM on January 19, 2011
Oh dear god, I can't believe this is even considered worthwhile reporting. Dude chooses to miss his flight so he can sign things for every single person in the airport -- WHAT A HERO! I don't mean to disparage the woman in this situation, but I just don't get autograph hounds in general. I've always found it very awkward and unnecessarily intrusive.
posted by evixir at 09:48 PM on January 20, 2011
I wonder if he remembered signing the jersey for her last time or if he just had one of those moments.