MILWAUKEE — Hundreds of Milwaukee bar patrons who hoped to attain free drinks by means of its provide to pay their tabs each time the New York Jets, and former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, lose needed to pay up after the Jets obtained an time beyond regulation win regardless of an harm that took Rodgers out of the sport.

Jack’s American Pub introduced its “Jets Lose, You Win” promotion two weeks in the past, providing to pay the bar tabs of all collaborating clients when the Jets - and Rodgers - lose. Patrons confronted situations, together with that Rodgers needed to begin the sport and their tabs needed to be opened quarter-hour earlier than kickoff.

During Monday’s recreation between the Jets and the Buffalo Bills, many purchasers on the Milwaukee bar cheered, sensing a free night time of consuming, when Rodgers left within the first quarter with an harm. That harm turned out to be a torn left Achilles tendon that ended Rodgers’ debut season with the Jets. But the group went on to win the sport 22-16 in time beyond regulation, dashing clients’ free drink hopes.

Following Rodgers’ harm, bar proprietor Scott Schaefer mentioned folks started ordering extra drinks as a result of they felt extra sure of a Jets loss. He mentioned feelings within the bar have been “mixed” after they ended up successful.

Olivia Fallon, a supervisor at Jack’s American Pub, mentioned about 350 patrons took up the bar’s provide Monday night time and the common tab ended up being between $50 and $60.

“But there was some outliers. There was a $160 tab, a $130 tab, here and there,” she advised WDJT-TV on Tuesday, calling Monday night time one of many bar’s greatest nights of the yr.

With Rodgers now out for the season, Schaefer mentioned his institution nonetheless needs to do a promotion associated to the Jets, however the bar has not but decided what that will likely be.

“We’re going to try to do something else. We want to see what happens over the next couple of days,” he advised the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “We want to keep the promotion going, but in what form, we don’t know.”

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