Aaron Rodgers Has a Chance to Do the Funniest Thing Ever
As a writer and spokesperson for PurplePTSD, I swear, we are very close to being done bringing up Aaron Rodgers. I mean, so close, but not yet. However, this time, I promise it’s funny.
Yes, Aaron Rodgers wanted to come to Minnesota for a one-year run at the Lombardi while mentoring the future greatest of all time in J.J. McCarthy. Yes, Aaron Rodgers signed a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers to try to inject some credibility into the Steel City that they haven’t seen under Mike Tomlin since the final pieces of Bill Cowher’s team left or retired.
Well, the opportunity has arisen for Aaron Rodgers to truly put his money where his mouth is (or at least was a handful of years ago): he could literally buy a minority stake in the Chicago Bears, and you could too!
You know what else Aaron has done? Owned the Chicago Bears. Well, at least, he said he did, so I guess I’ll believe him. He seems like a pretty truthful and up-front guy!
The Bears have, unfortunately, had some owners pass away over the last couple of years, with Virginia McCaskey passing away earlier this year and Andrew McKenna Sr. passing away in 2023. Ms. McCaskey, of course, is of the McCaskey family, who owns the large majority of the Chicago Bears organization. The late Mr. McKenna Sr. owned a minority stake of 2%, and that is exactly what is up for grabs to the highest bidder.
I’m not much of a math guy, but if the Bears franchise as a whole is worth $6.4 billion per Forbes, then that 2% stake should cost around $128 million. That’s approximately the same price as seven bacon cheeseburgers from Five Guys.
Considering Aaron Rodgers has a total career earnings of almost $382 million, and he likes to spend his free time in dark rooms doing absolutely nothing for days at a time, is it really crazy to think he could put together a group and purchase a piece of the franchise he already owns in spirit? No, probably not.
I’m sure he could get together with a group of about 30,000 Packers fans who have a stake in the Packers and have that special little certificate of ownership that makes them feel like they’re on the team and figure something out.
This totally seems like an Aaron Rodgers type of thing to do, and while he annoys me, I would have no choice but to respect the ever-living crap out of an absolute alpha power move like that. Saying it in the heat of battle is one thing, but then actually literally buying ownership in the franchise would be an all-time gotcha that may never be topped.
Break out the checkbook, Aaron. The city of Chicago needs its hero! The person they thought was their hero wanted to play for the Vikings…but then again, so did you.
