Brett Favre To Return to Vikings

[DG_YouKnowWhatThatMeans]

I think it's funny that so many of you spend so much time complaining about ESPN, yet still watch it. I avoid ESPN and sports radio, and this Bret Favre story has only affected me -- in any tangible way -- when visiting this thread.

If you don't like their coverage, vote with your remote.

[Viper]

Water is wet.

The sky is blue.

The sun comes up in the east every morning, and goes down in the west.

And Brett Favre - well, you get the idea.

[Cujo]

Yeah, true, ESPN has basically hopped into bed with a select number of athletes. Favre, LeBron, A-Roid, Tiger, Peyton - they can all basically shut down the network at will. Never mind.

On a side note, does anybody else find it sickening that ESPN has started cutting away from their baseball games to show A-Roid's at-bats in the hopes that he'll finally hit #600*?

Right now ESPN is stuck on two things that no one but ESPN gives a flying about; A-Rod's 600th and Brett Favre. In other words, it's a typical day in Bristol.

I believe I'm able to tolerate the Favre's broken record more than A-Rod's quest for #600*. Yeah. Let's all get our knees and praise a proven cheater as he goes after a milestone that doesn't mean squat anymore. We all remember Bonds, and nobody outside of Northern California or Bristol gave a flying :censored: -- so what makes A-Rod any different?

[cameroncrazie07]

Yeah, true, ESPN has basically hopped into bed with a select number of athletes. Favre, LeBron, A-Roid, Tiger, Peyton - they can all basically shut down the network at will. Never mind.

On a side note, does anybody else find it sickening that ESPN has started cutting away from their baseball games to show A-Roid's at-bats in the hopes that he'll finally hit #600*?

Right now ESPN is stuck on two things that no one but ESPN gives a flying about; A-Rod's 600th and Brett Favre. In other words, it's a typical day in Bristol.

I believe I'm able to tolerate the Favre's broken record more than A-Rod's quest for #600*. Yeah. Let's all get our knees and praise a proven cheater as he goes after a milestone that doesn't mean squat anymore. We all remember Bonds, and nobody outside of Northern California or Bristol gave a flying :censored: -- so what makes A-Rod any different?

I agree even living in New York i hardly hear about this all that much. You get the occasional report, but no major disscusions

[Rockstar Matt]

If Favre does indeed retire, the Cowboys instantly become the 3rd best team in the league, and 2nd best in the NFC (behind only the Saints in the NFC, and Colts in AFC.) As much as I love watching him play, I'd rather have him watching the NFL on his couch with the rest of America.

[IceCap]

Not that I've had a chance to tune into 'The Leader' since news of the O Holy One broke, but I can surely believe that they've once again converted back to...

This Favre thing is unbelievable. I have Sirius/XM Radio. On my way to and from work today, with the exception on the MLB channel (they were carrying a live game) every sports station on the satellite was talking about Favre; including Sirius-NASCAR radio. Even better? The host on each station, with the exception of Sirius-NASCAR, said some variation of "We know you're all sick of hearing about Brett Favre and we're sick of talking about him." Better yet? None of them, with the exception of Sirius-NASCAR, at any point stopped talking about Favre. Best of all, one radio network, I'll give you one guess who it was, (*cough...see Curty's picture...cough*) actually preempted "regular programming" for a "special edition" of their signature show so they could focus on the Favre story.

Here's my question. They all know we're sick of hearing about Favre. They all claim to be sick of talking about Favre. If that's really the case then why not relegate the Favre story to the scores and updates portions of their shows and not waste hour upon hour talking about it? I know that's a lot to ask of ESPN but you'd think the rest of the sports radio universe would know that all they're doing is driving people crazy. God help me, I actually listened to Jackie Martling's "Joke Hunt" just so I could escape the "Favre Fellatio Fest."

I had another thought on this. At first glance, Favre's annual retirement makes him look like an egomaniac. What if he just gets a kick out of making ESPN look stupid every season? What if it's all just Favre -ing with the media for kicks? That I could respect.

My thoughts exactly. ESPN, Steve Wyche, Minneapolis Star-Tribune just love firing this shi* up.

I'm sorry. I know you're a fan of the guy, but at a certain point the blame has to fall on His Farveness. He's done this same song and dance how many years in a row now? He's an attention craved old man who uses a media persona of doing it "for the love of the game" to justify his selfish motives season in and season out.

How many times are have teams been held hostage by his "will I or won't I" routine? How many more times will this happen? BBTV listed three separate entities this man has screwed over just this off season.

Go away Brett. We're all sick of hearing about you. And if last season was any indication it's that you can't get it done when faced with any sort of real challenge. You lost to the Matt Moore-led Panthers for crying out loud.

[Jigga]

IIRC, he's been mentioning retirement every offseason since 2003. At some point, it has to stop. Hopefully, he'll really stay away the entire season and there will be a work stoppage in 2011. In 2012, the world will end anyway, so no more Brat Favre stuff after that.

[IceCap]

IIRC, he's been mentioning retirement every offseason since 2003. At some point, it has to stop. Hopefully, he'll really stay away the entire season and there will be a work stoppage in 2011. In 2012, the world will end anyway, so no more Brat Favre stuff after that.

Here's hoping

[Sodboy13]

I think it's funny that so many of you spend so much time complaining about ESPN, yet still watch it. I avoid ESPN and sports radio, and this Bret Favre story has only affected me -- in any tangible way -- when visiting this thread.

If you don't like their coverage, vote with your remote.

Right with ya. The only time I'm watching ESPN is if they're carrying a game that interests me. I never willingly watch any of their filler product, and also steer clear of their website. There are plenty of other fine internet resources for sports news and information that have less clutter and bombast than the World Wide Leader.

That said, I do use their "ScoreCenter" app on my Droid, because it's pretty clean and nifty. It also isn't FavreFavreFavre.

[Eye]

I think it's funny that so many of you spend so much time complaining about ESPN, yet still watch it. I avoid ESPN and sports radio, and this Bret Favre story has only affected me -- in any tangible way -- when visiting this thread.

If you don't like their coverage, vote with your remote.

Right with ya. The only time I'm watching ESPN is if they're carrying a game that interests me. I never willingly watch any of their filler product, and also steer clear of their website. There are plenty of other fine internet resources for sports news and information that have less clutter and bombast than the World Wide Leader.

That said, I do use their "ScoreCenter" app on my Droid, because it's pretty clean and nifty. It also isn't FavreFavreFavre.

Here is the best part of ESPN; to continue to read their articles by their "experts", you have to be an insider, which I guess costs some sort of fee even though you can acquire the same information that you would have read through many different means. It's as if ESPN thinks their the only thing out there or some whacked out . And yeah, ESPN sucks, but they know their market (idiots) and milk it like hell, so they aren't completely stupid. But they're still pretty stupid, so I ignore them.

[Gothamite]

Right now ESPN is stuck on two things that no one but ESPN gives a flying about

You're flat-out wrong. The public is eating this up, even if it's only to complain about it.

There's a reason that every sports media outlet in the country (not just ESPN) is all over this story. These aren't stupid people. They're giving the audience what it wants.

I think the whole thing is sad and pathetic, and I'm very glad that my Packers finally told him that they were no longer interested in enabling him. But put all blame for the incessant coverage where it belongs - on the general public with the insatiable appetite for it.

[Gothamite]

Speaking of media coverage, SI's Michael Rosenberg has the best line.

Since the end of the 2007 season: Favre has more retirements (three) than the Detroit Lions have wins (two).

Not sure he really wanted that colon there, but still a very funny line.

[TFoA]

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Brett Favre just told ESPN's Ed Werder that he didn't send any text messages and that if he's healthy he will play.

As usual, someone jumped the gun. Either that, or someone at ESPN just made some up on a slow news day.

[NJTank]

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Brett Favre just told ESPN's Ed Werder that he didn't send any text messages and that if he's healthy he will play.

As usual, someone jumped the gun. Either that, or someone at ESPN just made some up on a slow news day.

Or Brett Favre was upset that LeBron was getting more attention for his decision.

[infrared41]

Edit: Story's over. Never mind.

[infrared41]

I think it's funny that so many of you spend so much time complaining about ESPN, yet still watch it. I avoid ESPN and sports radio, and this Bret Favre story has only affected me -- in any tangible way -- when visiting this thread.

If you don't like their coverage, vote with your remote.

I like ESPN Radio. There. I said it. I feel better for it.

[DustDevil61]

Maybe I should count not having a TV a blessing at this point. Watch him end up leaving the Vikings and head to, say...the Falcons, Jags, or Buccaneers. Just a hunch.

[Lights Out]

I can't see him going to Atlanta or Tampa, because he'd just serve to stunt Matt Ryan's or Josh Freeman's development. Jacksonville, though, would probably be a suitor if he doesn't go back to the Vikings, simply because the Jaguars organization is desperate and needs to sell tickets.

Or he'll go to Buffalo because he'll decide that he "really just wants to beat the Jets so they can see what they've been missing."

[Sodboy13]

I can't see him going to Atlanta or Tampa, because he'd just serve to stunt Matt Ryan's or Josh Freeman's development. Jacksonville, though, would probably be a suitor if he doesn't go back to the Vikings, simply because the Jaguars organization is desperate and needs to sell tickets.

Or he'll go to Buffalo because he'll decide that he "really just wants to beat the Jets so they can see what they've been missing."

Apparently, at least one member of the Jets organization saw plenty of Brett during his time there.

[Lights Out]

So I've heard.... and the whole story is disturbing considering how old he is and how young she is (compared to Father Time Favre, that is).