Any quantity of pleasure quarterback Aaron Rodgers was nonetheless experiencing on Wednesday following the New York Jets’ victory over the New England Patriots rapidly subsided as soon as he discovered one in all his former teammates had been recognized with Parkinson’s illness.
On Tuesday, legendary Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre introduced throughout a congressional listening to that docs knowledgeable him in January that he was affected by the neurodegenerative illness.
The quarterbacks have been each on the Packers roster from 2005-07, with Rodgers’ draft choice in 2005 successfully serving as Inexperienced Bay’s plan to have somebody in place to succeed Favre.
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Nov 1, 2009; Inexperienced Bay, WI, USA; Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre (4) greets Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) following the sport at Lambeau Area. (Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports activities)
Rodgers mentioned whereas it was “robust” to listen to in regards to the analysis, however he additionally admitted mind issues are one of many built-in dangers that include taking part in soccer.
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“The older you get, and a few of you recognize this, however mortality type of will get thrown in our face a little bit bit extra,” Rodgers mentioned on Wednesday. “It’s truly, sadly, extra regular to listen to a few demise or a most cancers analysis or a analysis like this. It doesn’t desensitize it for me.
“I imply, I really feel dangerous for him, and [wife] Deanna. It’s sadly a part of our sport. That’s a part of the danger of taking part in within the league, and all of us behind our minds know that could possibly be a actuality in some unspecified time in the future. We hope medication in some unspecified time in the future can catch up and both make the signs simpler or eradicate a few of these points that we’ve.”
Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Inexperienced Bay Packers shares a second with former quarterback Brett Favre throughout a ceremony for the late Bart Starr at halftime of the sport between the Minnesota Vikings and Inexperienced Bay Packers at Lambeau Area on September 15, 2019 in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin. (Quinn Harris/Getty Photos)
Favre referred to a now-defunct concussion drug firm he invested in when he revealed his Parkinson’s diagonis as he gave his testimony.
“Sadly, I additionally misplaced an funding in an organization that I believed was creating a breakthrough concussion drug I believed would assist others,” Favre mentioned. “I’m certain you’ll perceive, whereas it’s too late for me as a result of I’ve not too long ago been recognized with Parkinson’s, that is additionally a trigger expensive to my coronary heart.”
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre arrives to look earlier than the Home Committee on Methods and Means on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photograph/Mark Schiefelbein)
The revelation about his well being largely overshadowed the previous NFL quarterback’s testimony about Non permanent Help for Needy Households (TANF) welfare funds. The cash in query is underneath scrutiny and is on the crux of a wide-ranging Mississippi case that the Tremendous Bowl winner has been embroiled in for greater than two years.
A 2019 state audit decided that a minimum of $77 million of TANF funds have been misappropriated. Favre has not been criminally charged.
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Favre final performed within the NFL in 2010. There isn’t any recognized treatment for Parkinson’s illness.
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