That is not what he is talking about wise guy . . .

Aaron Rodgers might be on to something.

He wonders if people who leak stuff to insiders get something in return.

“Do these guys feel like when people feed them information, that they have to quid pro quo back to them some sort of thing? Because that would be an interesting decision there…how do you justify being objective in that situation?” Rodgers asked Pat McAfee during an appearance on the former punter’s show. “I would just be interested, for a guy like Schefty (Adam Schefter), what does he feel like the outside pull is when you have so many sources?” And obviously he does. And so does (Ian) Rapoport. They have so many people that talk to them. But do you feel constrained to help these people out? I’m genuinely interested, not judging. I’m genuinely curious.”

What does “quid pro quo” mean? According to the American Heritage Dictionary, it is “something given in return for something else or accepted as a reciprocal part of an exchange.”

A writer at the sports broadcasting website “Awful Announcing,” Brandon Contes, wrote about Rodgers’ comment – “Schefter hasn’t admitted to ‘quid pro quo’ reports, but he does try to keep his sources happy by spending thousands of dollars a year on Christmas gifts, namely, fancy chocolate.”

Rodgers wasn’t talking about physical gifts, and Contes likely knows that.

I will not comment on Schefter specifically, because I have no idea how his modus operandi works, but how “quid pro quo” often works with reporters is like this:

Let’s say an assistant coach, who is a source, is up for some head coaching jobs, the reporter might talk about them as a “hot” candidate. Or if a scout is a source, they make them a “hot” candidate for a GM job. Or if a head coach is a source, and he makes some bad decisions in a game that cost his team, the reporter won’t go after him for those decisions.

Got it? That is how “quid pro quo” works and Rodgers was not out of line for wondering out loud how that works.

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