Brett, Go Away

I still plan on doing my big-arse rant on the world economic climate sometime soon, but hey, sports is more important anyway.

The topic of the day is Brett Favre. I'm sure you've all read the articles, so I'm not going to provide any links. But it appears that Brett has told the Jets that he will once again "retire" and not be a part of the team next year.

Which would be fine if we could believe him. This of course makes two years in a row that he has "retired", and about three or four now that he has at least allowed the public to know that he is thinking about it.

Let me first say that I did not used to have a problem with Favre. I didn't love the Packers, but didn't really have anything against them, either. Brett was good, I respected him. I pulled against him in '97 when my Broncos beat the Packers in the Super Bowl. Otherwise, I didn't think about Brett very much, other than to acknowledge he was a pretty darn good quarterback.

The whole thing with Green Bay last year soured me on the guy. Newsflash Brett: you were NOT the Green Bay Packers. When you told them you were leaving and they prepared Aaron Rodgers for the role, they were acting like any sensible franchise would do. They did not "owe" you anything. When you suddenly changed your mind and decided to come back, under no circumstances should they have bumped Rodgers back to second-string and put you back in the starting role. Yeah, they might have won a couple more games, but it would have just been wrong. The Packers didn't screw Brett. Brett screwed Brett (props if anybody knows where that phrase originally comes from).

So now you are retiring again, and I've already heard sportscasters talking about teams that could use you and might be interested. Let me save you the trouble Brett: go away. Don't come back to the NFL. You have made millions of dollars playing a game. Probably 99% of the American public envies a guy that can retire as a multi-millionaire at 40 while they slave for a job they hate. They used to like you, but this continued crying at press conferences and indecision on what to really do is quickly turning people like me against you. Maybe you don't care, and that's fine. But I for one never want to hear your name on ESPN again. If you want people to remember you as a great player AND a decent guy, don't be stupid. Go back to Mississippi and enjoy life. I know I would if I were you. Well, except the part about Mississippi. I'd go anywhere but Mississippi.