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July 24, 2013 01:43 am GMT
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Does Aaron Rodgers Owe This Fan $4.5 Million?
When MLB star Ryan Braun was suspended for the rest of the season earlier this week for using steroids, he didn't just damage his own career and reputation. He also may have cost NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers millions of dollars.
Well, it's a bit more complicated than that, but here's the deal: Rodgers told a fan on Twitter way back in February 2012 that he'd bet his entire season salary on Braun, at the time just a rumored performance enhancing drug user, being clean:
@toddsutton ya I'd put my salary next year on it
#ponyup
#exonerated— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) February 23, 2012
Rodgers' salary for the 2012 season was $4.5 million, but Todd Sutton, the fan in questions says he's willing to cut the Packers star a little slack.
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