Favre and Oy Vey

[sdelmonte]

If you are not a fan of the NFL, you are quite lucky at the moment. Because those of us who are want our league back from the Bret Favre Soap Opera.

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[nightstalker.livejournal.com]

What's going on? I seem mentions everywhere, but I have no idea what the story is.

[sdelmonte]

Short form: Brett Favre, having retired after last season, changed his mind in increments over the last few weeks. The Packers, however, made it clear that they didn't want him back (saying they wanted to groom the next quarterback now). There has been a lot of made-for-ESPN drama about whether he would finally return, and to what team. At this point, he is officially Not Retired but the Packers still seem to want to move on without him.

At some level, this is fascinating soap opera, since it involves a Hall of Famer, a beloved team, and Money - Green Bay was ready to pay him $20 million a year for 20 years NOT to play. But it's going on for weeks now and shows no sign of ending.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

That's ridiculous. O_o

[sdelmonte]

Yup. Someone once said that the WWE is male soap opera. Apparently, so is the NFL.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

I thought all sports were male soap opera, tbh. It's kind of like the Harry Potter and Twilight fandom rolled into one.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, goodness, neither of those has a patch on football.

[cassildra.livejournal.com]

I live in Pittsburgh. Trust me. I know.

[bcgphoenix]

*snorks*

Half my extended family's from Milwaukee and die-hard Packers fans to boot. I can only imagine what they've been thinking through this whole saga.

[poltr1]

One vote here for "Favre should have stayed retired".

[sdelmonte]

I'm with you, but no one involved (with the exception of the commissioner, who said "enough already, so work it out!") has looked good.