<p>Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers wasn’t present for the first day of organized team activities Monday, according to a person familiar with the situation.</p>
<p>These OTA sessions are voluntary, but Rodgers generally has participated in them in the past. ESPN first reported Rodgers wasn’t with the team on Monday.</p>
<p>Rodgers’ decision not to participate this time comes amid reports that the reigning MVP wants out of Green Bay, where he has spent his entire NFL career.</p>
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<a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31359453/aaron-rodgers-want-return-green-bay-packers-sources-say">ESPN reported</a> in the hours before the draft that the three-time MVP doesn’t want to return to the Packers. Later that week, <a href="https://www.packers.com/news/mt5-an-eventful-draft-day">Packers CEO Mark Murphy wrote in a column posted on the Packers’ website</a> that the team “is very much aware” of Rodgers’ concerns and that “this is an issue that we have been working on for several months.”</p>
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<a href="https://apnews.com/article/green-bay-packers-nfl-sports-c6722fd114f78a2cb757ae38650b9414">Murphy acknowledged</a> in his column that he, general manager Brian Gutekunst and coach Matt LaFleur all had visited Rodgers on a number of occasions during this offseason.</p>
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<a href="https://apnews.com/article/nfl-mark-murphy-aaron-rodgers-football-green-bay-packers-b749d21a65a197a66263ea9143a865bc">Gutekunst has said the team has no plans to trade Rodgers, </a> who has three years remaining on his contract. Packers officials have said they want to keep Rodgers in Green Bay in 2021 and beyond.</p>
<p>“We want him back in the worst way,” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/football-green-bay-packers-nfl-sports-b77f5e61c18302973a3453ca9c0eb6f8">LaFleur said earlier this month</a> during the team’s rookie minicamp. “I know he knows that and, you know, we’ll continue to work at it each and every day.”</p>
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