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Bring Back Brett Favre or Stay Retired?

by Agraham1
created July 14, 2008, last edited July 22, 2008
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In terms of sports, nothing is more talked about this Monday than Brett Favre. Every sports site, blog and newspaper's leading story seems to be about Favre. For the first time in my life, I actually agree with Stephen A. Smith in his rant yesterday about the whole Brett Favre saga. He said he was completely sick of the media's love affair for Favre and we are just fueling this fire. This whole story makes me sick, and not only because I am a Bears fan. Brett can't keep on stringing the Packers along with him, how can he honestly expect the Packers to embrace him with open arms. It is clear that they have moved on and I think Brett needs to as well. I don't mean to another team but from football as a whole. Leave the game as a legend and not as Montana or Unitas did. Who can remember Montana on the Chiefs or Unitas's last year as a Charger? There is so much more that can be said about the whole situation but I don't want to write about it any more than you need to read about it.

I actually started a campaign to try and urge Favre to stop playing football and take up Golf. I am looking for 5,000 people who feel the same as I do. When that number is reached then we will all send Favre 2 golf balls. That is 10,000 balls, which is enough to last even the worst of players a lifetime. I wanted to try and do something instead of just waiting around and see the sports world consumed by this story. If you're interested check it out here. I think we can help show Favre the light and maybe his gunslinging attitude will work well on the Links. I have a love-hate relationship for Favre, as a Bears fan, he has torn us apart throughout his career but I admire him as an player and an athlete. However, his actions surrounding retiring, unretiring, re-retiring and so on have just exhausted my threshold for anything Brett Favre.

I do realize that there is another side to the story and I know that there are many Packers fans who can't get enough of Favre and would let him play till he was 60 if Favre was "100% committed" to it. There is another campaign on the same site that is calling for Ted Thompson to bring him back. It is a similar campaign to mine (actually mine was a response). The campaign is asking for 5,000 people to send 2 pieces of American Cheese to Ted Thompson if he doesn't bring him back. It's certainly a creative idea that Thompson won't be able to ignore.

Either way this whole thing needs to be resolved so I don't have to read anything else or write anything else about Favre.


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AKittellVarsity
55 days ago
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BringBackFavre.com is doing a rally every Sunday at noon in front of Lambeau, which is hilarious because nobody is there on Sundays. Nevertheless, I'm from GB originally, and have had season tickets for as long as I can remember, but I'm a rare breed. I respect Brett Favre, but haven't been able to stand him for the last five years. He slings bullets and is fun to watch, but it's about time this team doesn't live or die by his arm, especially when his head is making rookie mistakes. I'm in on the 'Stay Away Favre' train.
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Anonymous Fanatic #1
47 days ago
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stay on it!
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Anonymous Fanatic #2
55 days ago
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Favre is greedy and destroying the packers. He is only looking out for himself and packer fans are to blind to see it.
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Anonymous Fanatic #1
47 days ago
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How soon we forget all the good he's done for the packers! I suppose you'll be happy when we're 6 and 11.
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Anonymous Fanatic #3
54 days ago
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Listen to Favre's interview from Monday. Its clear he wants to just maintain his spot on the Packers. Will the Packers be better with him as there starter instead of Aaron Rodgers? Yes! Thats all that needs to be worried about. Trade Rodgers and let Brian Brohm grow to be the next Packers QB. You people are stupid not to think it would be smart to allow the best quarterback in history to play one, two, or even three more seasons. Look at last years Packers season. Favre can still play with the best of anyone. We were eliminated by the Superbowl champions in overtime. Let him play, in a freaking Packers uniform!
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AKittellVarsity
53 days ago
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We were eliminated because Favre went 19/35 with two TDs and TWO INTS! Did I mention both of those came in pivotal situations? The last one was pitiful. I know I was there. Brett just didn't want to take the hit and threw a duck. Stupid would be letting Brett Favre run this team and not Ted Thompson, even though I can't stand that guy either.
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Sj-hypocycloidRed-Shirting
52 days ago
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If Joe Montana can finish out his days in Kansas City, why can't Favre play somewhere else? Franco Harris played for Seattle. Unitas played for San Diego. Namath played for the LA Rams. Favre was great...but it seems that his time has passed. At least, the Pack thinks so. And that's their right to make that call. Thanks for the memories, Brett, but stop posturing and be a stand up guy.
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Anonymous Fanatic #1
47 days ago
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Just how did we get there in the first place. You seem to forget that the guy broke just about every record during the season. Some people just aren't ever happy.
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