Brett Favre has provided a curious diversion during the usually "quiet off season."
Except the off season is never quiet. There's always a MAJOR thing that occupies talk radio and drips over into the mainstream. Who can forget Allen Iverson's infamous summer of 2003 when he faced 70 years beause some racist cops charged him with going into a home he paid the rent on to look for his wife? Real compelling stuff, especially if you're old enough to remember 'Roots'.
And who can forget where they were when Kobe Bryant's McDonaldized reputation became the summer smash of '04? I still get a chuckle thinking about the T SHIRTS Eagleton Police had made up with Kobe portrayed as the 'Hangman' icon.
The Favre story has become '08's sensation. People who make a point of shopping on sundays in the fall and winter know the story of the NFL superstar treating retirement the way a boxer does while his ditzy bosses pretend the decisions they make are the reason teams win.
If you could have the QB who led YOUR team to the NFC championship a year ago, would you turn him down because there was a guy who had played like 5 games that you wanted to get in there?
But somehow people have managed to portray Favre as the bad guy for retiring and then wanting to come back. Like playing for 18 years instead of 16 doesn't mean that it's still going to be about 40 or 50 years that he doesn't play football.
So I can't mob on him because he still wants in. If I'm all Scrabble crazy in 2006, and then I don't play for a while, I still have the right to pick it up when I want to. Especially if I'm one of the top 10 players in a 30 team league.
Packer GM Ted Thompson is the idiot here. Let's not forget it's his job to put the best team on the field. At quarterback, that would Brett Favre.
Who knew Science Fiction would make such great summer entertainment?
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