Since the latest Brett Favre vs. Green Bay Packers, et al, conflict began, I've held my peace, hoping that amid all the negative press Favre has received, one positive, shining light might emerge. But, alas, that has not happened. So I'm obliged to agree with most of my media cohorts and side with the Packers' GM, President, and coach, all in the general interest of the TEAM and FANS.
Training camp begins next Monday, and the first preseason game (Monday Night Football at that) is August 11. The team should rightly be concentrating on these events rather than being caught up in a never-ending soap opera. Brett, please give Aaron Rodgers a chance. Never did Don Majkowski or any other veteran player stand in your way in your early years as a Packer.
This circus has the potential of making the Packers the laughingstock of the NFL, almost to the magnitude that our state (Wisconsin) became the laughingstock of the nation at the annual DNR Conservation Congress in 2005, when so-called "macho" hunters voted to shoot defenseless feral cats, ostensibly to hang as "trophies" in their dens. Grant it, Wisconsin's reputation had already been tarnished by the fact that the fringe radical group, the "Freedom From Religion Foundation", is headquartered in our state's capital. Brett, please don't subject Wisconsin to any further ridicule.
It all boils down to "What's in the team's and the fans' best interest?" And obviously this perpetual soap (minus the Tide commercials) is not.
Oh yes, there will always be standouts and celebrities, but I think most of us can agree that football is still a TEAM sport. So Brett, if you really want to be involved in a sport where the "me, myself, and I" are of greatest importance, you might consider golf.
Keywords: Brett Favre, Don Majkowski, Green Bay Packers, Monday Night Football, NFL Tide
