Jul 18, 2008

The Brett Favre soap opera

When the Brett Favre soap opera finally ends will The Chicago Bears have their first real quarterback in decades?

Favre (pictured), the future Hall of Famer, apparently is struggling with his March retirement announcement, specifically the part of the announcement in which he said he was, you know, retiring. Sources have told

Chicago sports writer Rick Morrissey says Brett Favre “will unretire, or whatever it is you do when you have told the world you never will play football again, only to later wonder whether the ‘itch’ you're feeling will require more than a mere scratch.”

Two things strike me about the Brett Favre story:

1. The 36-year-old future Hall of Famer has been a premier quarterback in the NFL for years and is still able to play the game at a high level.

2. I was saddened by his childish appearances on TV trying to explain his change of heart and his frustration with the Green Bay Packers. At 3:00 a.m., during a bout with insomnia, I watched a re-run his interview with Greta Van Susteren on Fox.

A film of this interview can be found here.

As the interview progressed, I became increasingly more embarrassed for Favre as he kept wallowing in self-pity. Too bad Greta didn’t mercifully cut the interview short.

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