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There is nothing wrong with reporters texting Aaron Rodgers

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One of the side plots to Aaron Rodgers’ big Jets reveal on Pat McAfee’s program Wednesday: His recent snarky text to ESPN’s Adam Schefter and his continued campaign crapping on the NFL scoop-industrial complex and its prominent nugget merchants.

Confirming Aaron Rodgers’ report: pic.twitter.com/XRhhd58Qm5

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 15, 2023

A few thoughts:

• ESPN should have reported the text Rodgers sent to Schefter. Unless Rodgers and Schefter had previously agreed their conversation was off-the-record — which seems very unlikely, given there was almost assuredly no conversation and/or rules of engagement — that text is fair game.