Aaron Rodgers isn’t the NFL’s typical star quarterback.
He’s not afraid of stirring controversy by being outspoken about his views and opinions.
And Aaron Rodgers revealed the scary mystery that got him interested in politics.
Rodgers reveals what got him into politics
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers marches to the beat of his own drum.
Former Independent Presidential candidate turned Trump Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. asked him about becoming his Vice Presidential running mate early this year before he ended his campaign.
Interestingly, the Kennedy dynasty is what got the outspoken quarterback interested in politics in the first place.
In the recently released Netflix docuseries, Enigma, which focuses on the future Hall of Fame quarterback’s unconventional life, Rodgers revealed that the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy got his attention.
He and RFK discussed it while hiking in one of the episodes.
“I mean, I got into politics back when I was a sophomore in high school,” Rodgers said. “I mean, the idea, all around, honestly, your uncle’s death, and that was my first entrance into pulling the veil back, as I call it, on, like, what’s actually going on because I read the Warren Commission’s report about it. I remember it hit me going, ‘This is what they said happened?’ This can’t be real.’”
Rodgers went into the lion’s den for college
Rodgers went to high school in Chico, California, but wasn’t heavily recruited as a quarterback out of high school, forcing him to go the junior college route for a chance to continue his football career.
He transferred to the University of California, Berkeley – one of the most radical left-wing campuses in the country.
“And then I went to Berkeley, which is a crazy political environment,” Rodgers explained. “It’s super leftist, and I grew up in a really conservative, small-town environment. So, that was fun to have, like, my ideologies tested.”
Rodgers was fed up with the two-party system but took an interest in Kennedy’s Presidential campaign.
“I’ve just been disheartened forever, that there’s a two-party system that’s really one party,” Rodgers stated. “The one party that’s ruling is the people with the money. So, I really didn’t have any hope in politics until, really, you announced your candidacy.”
He said that Kennedy asked him to be his running mate, but he thought he still had a few years of football left in him.
“Retire and go into politics or play two or three more years,” Rodgers said. “I definitely envisioned a life without football, and it wasn’t scary. I felt comfort in being able to move on at some point. But I love football. I want to keep playing. And I hated the way last year went. There’s still some unfinished business in New Jersey.”
Kennedy ultimately picked entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his running mate before he dropped out of the race in August and endorsed President-elect Donald Trump.
A report in the Daily Mail said that the 41-year-old quarterback would be interested in getting into politics once he hangs up his cleats.
“His post-playing days intentions are political. If it made sense, he would run for President or at least consider being a running mate in the way that RFK Jr. wanted him to be this year. Once he is retired, he would have no problem attempting to try his hand for political office,” a source told the Daily Mail.
Aaron Rodgers could make a splash in politics as a former NFL legend once his playing days end.
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