Should the Packers allow Favre to return?
July 14th, 2008The Brett Favre saga continues. He’s retired, he’s not retired, he’s retired, he’s not retired, blah, blah, blah. So here’s the question:
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I think that is a question only Ray VanNeste has the authority on which to comment.
j razz
Why wouldn’t they? If Favre comes back, the Packers are the favorite to win the NFC. They shouldn’t be worried about hurting the feelings of Aaron Rodgers when they have a shot at the Super Bowl.
I am a big fan of Brett, but I think he should stay retired. I wrote about my reasons on my blog.
With out question they should take him back as their starter. He gives them a chance at another Super Bowl. Rodgers may be a good QB some day but Brett is now. If they (Green Bay) do not want him then they should trade his rights to some one out of their division. Heck just having Favre back would sell more tickets and merchandise for his return to the NFL. I think he should have not retired in the first place given how close they were they were to the Super Bowl last year.
I am sick of the whole teary eyed retirement announcement followed by the I still want to play announcement. Anymore it seems like every high profile player vacillates on this issue. I’m waiting for Barry Sanders to announce his imminent return.
As embarassing as this whole episode is, Favre is still a better QB than Rodgers, and this whole business of “protecting Favre’s legacy” drips with hypocrisy. Thompson wants to protect the Packers by not allowing a divisional rival to have Brett Favre at QB.
OK, OK, I will come out of ‘blog commenting retirement’ to speak to this one since Jrazz suggested it.
It is embarrassing, and Favre runs the risk of uncertainty in decision-making becomign as central in his legacy as his passing records.
In the end though, if Favre wants to play, they should bring him back. He has brought them much good and would do so again this year. Not many in the corporate level of pro sports are doing anything more than checking the bottom line (loyalty, heritage, etc. being largely lost- sadly). In bottom line terms this is a no brainer. Brign him back if he’s willing.
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I’ve always liked Brett Favre (how do they get “Farve” out of that name, anyway?), mostly because he’s kinda cute but also because he’s a good player. I tend to agree with what Travis wrote: Why are (some) players compelled to go through this major production about retiring, only to come back a few short months (OK, sometimes years) later?
Why doesn’t someone come up with the term “Professional Athlete’s Sabbatical” (PAS) and allow/force anyone who’s contemplating retirement to go into complete seclusion — that means no Greta Van Susteren, Brett! — for a period of no less than 6 months, so he or she can truly make up his/her own mind?
I really don’t care where Favre ends up playing. I don’t see how either he or the Packers can come out of this as “winners,” and it wouldn’t surprise me, really, to find out that this whole saga was sort of a planned event, by Favre and/or the Packers organization!