Brett Farve needs to be stopped
As I write this Brett Farve is seeking his release from the Green Bay Packers. Depending on who you ask, he almost came back in March soon after his retirement ceremony but then changed his mind, and now can’t bear to be away from football, but the Packers are offering only a backup role. Good for them. As someone who never played football outside of middle school, I can’t speak on all the sports commentators who say “Nothing can replace that feeling on the field, nothing can replace football… nothing”…. Oh wait, I can speak on that. Shut. Up.
That’s the kind of inane statement that people make when they say college is the best four years of your life. Is it the most care free? Perhaps. Is it the least stressed time? Maybe? Is it great? Can be. Will it be the best four years of your life? That’s for YOU to decide. Football is like everything else is life: a diversion that takes place in between sleeping and eating. I’m sure it’s very exciting to have a lot of people screaming for you and to play well on sunday afternoons. It’s also very exciting to bowl a strike with your best friends in some quiet bowling alley on a tuesday night. Football is a game. It’s an exciting game, it’s a popular game, but, it’s a game. Life is a series of events and activities, and it’s progressive. If Brett Farve can’t live without football, he should evaluate the life he’s living. Playing one more year of football isn’t going to make him any happier or less indecisive next July. It’s not doing the Packers any good – the NFL’s career leader in interceptions tossed a nifty one to the Giants in these playoffs, are we supposed to believe he’s suddenly going to become more careful with the ball as he ages?
If I was the Packers I’d dump him off for some picks to some team. If that means he stays in the division, who cares? Force the fans to decide whether they’re loyal to the organization or to Brett Farve and move on. Play the Vikings a few times with Brett on the other team – you’ll have a hot ticket and give America a reason to care about Wisconsin for a few more hours a year. People get so uppity about loyalty, tradition, fanhood – if that brings you happiness, know that it’s fleeting.
Johnny Damon’s a Yankee. Michael Jordan’s a wizard. Roy Williams coaches at UNC. Elton Brand’s a 76er. Athletes don’t care. They don’t care about you. By the time they get old enough to grow out of that rock-star behavior: cars, houses, women, parties, they’re Brett Farve’s age. That’s when they start to really care about the game and their fans. OH WAIT. They don’t. Brett Farve’s willing to throw Aaron Rodgers under the bus, screw up the Packers a few more years and tarnish his own legacy because he has “the itch”. Enjoy sports as entertainment, because you can’t get too invested in them anymore or you’re going to get burned.
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There are two sides to every story and this story has both then some. Brett was forced to make a decision and pressured to do so before the draft. Just coming off the season at age 38 he had to indicate that he knew for 100% certain he wanted to play the following season. Any player with his stats and duration in the league couldn’t be sure. He made the announcement but never filed the paperwork. He left his door open.
Management has not supported Farve, minimally for the past 4 years. GB is a team under cap yet they refuse to bring in big talent. They want to grow talent… great, it usually ends up leaving before long. All Farve wants is the support of management. He is the opposite of an egotistical being. He is humble, a hard worker, and genuine.
GB is a fan owned franchise. The fans want Farve as QB and Farve wants to play. Let him play then, simple as that. Rodgers will have his day, in the meantime, he gets to learn from the greatest. The idea of Brett as back up is ludacris. If he couldn’t perform or was screwing up, then fine, send someone else in… But starting position is his due right and the only way to treat the future Hall of Famer and a guy who have given so much to the franchise, the fans and to the NFL and sports world. He is not just GBs QB, he is America’s QB.
It is not managements responsibility to protect Farve’s legacy. He is a big boy, if he wants to come back, we should be thrilled to have him.
Come back home, Farve. Much love to you from WI!
I’m not really sure why you sound so angry. If you don’t care about football, why do you care? Maybe I just read you wrong I’m not sure. What I am sure of though is why did the Packers force him into a decision when he wasn’t ready last spring? I’m NOT a packer fan, I’ve lived in MN all my life and we would love to have him here. Talk about opening game. Do I think him selfish, maybe but I also felt he was rushed into making that choice. What was the hurry? He had till training camp to decide this. Also, I give him credit for turning down all those millions to sit home and count all that money and fish. He wants to play ball and he’ll do it wherever he can. I’m hoping against hope that he’ll be wearing purple and gold this season. Whether he screws up or not, we’ll have a QB who really cares for a change.