GREEN BAY PACKERS quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he was “shocked” when his friend Ryan Braun admitted he violated baseball’s rules against using performance-enhancing substances.
Rodgers says the Milwaukee Brewers slugger “looked me in the eye” and it “didn’t feel great being lied to like that.” He says he’s disappointed.
Braun has accepted a season-ending 65-game suspension. He and Rodgers are friends, and a Milwaukee restaurant is named after the Wisconsin stars.
Rodgers defended Braun on Twitter last year, saying he would bet his salary that his friend was clean.
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On Friday at training camp, Rodgers says he was simply “backing up a friend” then. Rodgers says they’ve spoken since Braun’s admission.
Rodgers also says he “believes in forgiveness” and moving forward, though Braun has a tough task ahead of him.