The saga known as Brett Favre

When you think of retirement, you think of the things you will do, and the people you will spend that time with. But it is an athlete, everything they have known since they were kids, is now over. You constantly see athletes retire, and then come back. Just look at Muhammad Ali, or Michael Jordan. The past few years, Brett Favre took it to a new extreme. Last March, Favre retired from the Green Bay Packers after 17 years of records, a Super Bowl win in 1997, and many interceptions. Out of nowhere, in June, just three months after his tearful goodbye, Favre announced he wanted to play again. Really? It took Jordan three years, and a terrible effort in baseball to come back. Favre could have done anything from doing studio work for ESPN or booth work during games. Favre ended up going to play for the New York Jets. He led them to a fast start, and a steady collapse towards the end of the season. Favre had as many interceptions as he did touchdowns, and ended up tearing s ligament in his shoulder. Favre retired again, not to many people’s surprise.
During interviews this summer, Favre stated he was for sure he wouldn’t play again. We all thought the Favre saga was over. But yet again, Favre lied to us all. Around the end of July, he said he wanted to play for the Minnesota Vikings. From here, it was a back and forth lead along by Favre. Three days before the Vikings third preseason game, Favre signed with Minnesota. Immediately, both from Minnesota and Green Bay, shirts came out bashing Favre. Some say “Cash 4 Clunkers” in Packer green and Viking purple. And many in Wisconsin have purchased the green and gold shirts “4-get you!”
I personally think that if Favre never really wanted to retire, why didn’t he just go to the Packers owners and say he wanted out of Green Bay. Favre has been bold enough to say that the Packers wanted to move on and not keep him around. If they really wanted to do this, why did they build an offense around his gunslinger ways with more four and five wide formations, and less of a running game? Teams also have to remember he is almost 40 years old, which is like being 65 working at Caterpillar. Hopefully, Favre will hang it up when the backlash from the Minnesota fans is too great when he is bad.