(WFRV) – A former backup quarterback who played for the Green Bay Packers posted on his social media that he only got the COVID-19 vaccine so he wouldn’t get cut.
Kurt Benkert posted on X (formerly known as Twitter), saying that he got the vaccine so the team kept him for the full season. He went on to say that if he did not get the vaccine, the team would have cut him because he was a practice squad player.
Benkert did not specify which team he was on when this happened. It was also mentioned that the players on the 53-man roster had ‘more leeway with the decision’.