Aaron Hernandez not allowed to watch Super Bowl from jail

By Cory Buck | Feb 1, 2015

Jun 26, 2013; North Attleborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots former tight end Aaron Hernandez (left) stands with his attorney Michael Fee as he is arraigned in Attleboro District Court. Hernandez is charged with first degree murder in the death of Odin Lloyd. Mandatory Credit: The Sun Chronicle/Pool Photo via USA TODAY Sports /

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez won’t watch his old team play in the Super Bowl from prison.

As his murder trial rolls along amid snow delays, Aaron Hernandez remains in jail and won’t be able to watch the Super Bowl. Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson said that Hernandez will remain in his solitary confinement cell as his former NFL team, the New England Patriots, take on the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX.

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“His classification has not changed since the last time he was here,” Hodgson said, per ABC News. “He remains under the same restrictions that he was last time he was here.”

Hernandez will remain in the Special Management Unit in the jail at North Dartmouth, Massachusetts as a result. His trial has been marred by snowstorms and a fear of a jury that may favor Hernandez for his time spent as a star tight end for the Patriots.

Aaron Hernandez tallied 175 catches for 1,956 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns in three seasons with the team. He and Rob Gronkowski combined for a tight end attack that once again changed how NFL offenses arrange their personnel in the passing game, as well as how defenses adjust. The Patriots had enough success with their new identity to warrant a $40 million contract for Hernandez.

But the lost investment in the incarcerated Hernandez didn’t make New England blink when Hernandez was charged with the murder of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. Hours after the former Florida University standout was arrested, the team unceremoniously cut him.

Now with the Patriots on the cusp of winning a fourth Super Bowl in the Bill Belichick/Tom Brady Era, Hernandez won’t be able to see how his old team has remained atop the conference in his absence.

Aaron Hernandez’s murder trial will resume Tuesday after it was delayed Monday due to another expected snowstorm. The trial missed time in the week leading up to the Super Bowl thanks a blizzard that racked Boston and the surrounding coastal cities with two to three feet of snow.

Hernandez has nothing but more defense of murder to look forward to regardless of what happens in the Odin Lloyd case. He’ll face trial for the murder of two others as a result of a night club fracas in 2012. His future in the NFL is likely over, but it’s Hernandez’s future as a member of society that will hang in the balance, weather permitting.

In the meantime, Super Bowl XLIX will serve as another reminder to Hernandez of what he stands to lose.

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