Favre just made my list

It takes a lot to get on my most hated athlete list. I’m a diehard
sports fan who has defended many athletes whom even
most in the sports world have turned its back on.
But Tuesday, I had to add another one to my list: Brett
Favre.

I have never really been a fan of his, but this retire-or-play
garbage has once again given me nothing short of an intense
migraine.

The water hit its proverbial boiling point Tuesday when Favre
decided to come back for another season to play, this time for
the Minnesota Vikings.

This decision comes not even a month after Favre told the
Vikings for a second time that there was no way he was coming
back. This marks about the umpteenth year in a row that he
has held a team in waiting on whether he would play.

This is not all Favre’s fault because the Vikings also became
the only team in 2009 that waited for the quarterback, who
turns 40 in October. Even after head coach Brad Childress said
he didn’t need Favre, and the quarterbacks who are already on
the depth chart were enough to take into the season.

But I want to concentrate on Favre, who has the arrogance and
the delusion to think he is still a quality NFL quarterback.
I actually heard a talk radio host who said Favre is one of
the most honest men in sports. I laughed because he just lied
twice to football fans everywhere by saying he was done and
then coming back.

Let’s all take a look at last season: Favre held the Jets and
Packers in waiting, and finally decided to come to the Jets
after the Packers lost interest. Favre threw 22 touchdowns and
22 interceptions. He and the Jets crumbled down the stretch,
missing the playoffs after starting 8-3. Favre finished the season

with his teammates hating him and he himself telling the media
that his body was breaking down.
However, despite a bleak season, Favre still wants to play
in 2009.

Not only does he want to play, but he wants to play for
Minnesota, the archrival of Green Bay, where he played for 16
seasons and became an icon.

In a press conference Tuesday, Favre said this is not about
revenge. Honestly, I don’t think I can believe Favre anymore.
It’s got to be about revenge to some degree because it was the
Packers who told him to look elsewhere last season, and he
wants to continue to prove he can play at that level.
The people I really feel bad for are the quarterbacks in
Minnesota.

For Sage Rosenfels, I don’t feel so bad because he is a career
back up at the end of his football life as well.
But for Tavaris Jackson, who the Vikings drafted in 2006, this
has to be nothing short of a punch below the belt. Having him
start for most of 2008, and then to now move him to possibly
third string has got to be tough.

Good luck to the Vikings convincing Jackson to do anything
for the team now or in the future. Who would go out there
and try hard if they knew the organization didn’t care about
them?

Honestly, I would love to see both Favre and the Vikings
fall flat on their faces this season. They deserve it after this
ridiculous circus act in the off-season.

I hope Favre retires some day, or else he will have one of
the most tainted legacies in the history of sports. Personally, he
has already made me forget the Packer years.