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The Favre Situation

On March 4, 2008, Brett Favre formally announced his retirement from Professional Football and Green Bay Packers whom he played for from 1992 through 2007. In his career, Favre has amassed a very impressive resume including:

253 Consecutive Starts (275 including playoffs)
442 Touchdown Passes
61,655 Passing Yards
9 Pro Bowls
7 All-Pro Selections
3 MVP Awards

Favre is sure to be a first ballot hall of fame selection and will always be an iconic footballer.

Last week, Favre expressing interest in un-retiring by sent a letter to the Packers asking for his unconditional release to allow him to play for another NFL team. In response, the Packers issued a public statement that if Favre desires to return to the NFL, he must apply for reinstatement with the Commissioner's office. Once reinstated, Favre would then become an active member of the Packers.

There has been much discussion in whether the Packers forced Favre to retire before he made up his mind or if they are holding hostage now since they will not simply grant him a release to play anywhere he wants [and further saying, if he returned, he would be a Packer but most likely a second string quarterback].

I see it this way, the business side of the Packers currently owns the rights to a player who is retired. If that player wishes to get back into football, that's fine but if so the Packers still own his rights. From that perspective, why should they just give away this asset? Wouldn't it be better to trade this valuable asset rather than just given it away? I know how I would run my business. On the football side, given Favre's outstanding year last season would the Packers want him playing for a divisional foe like the Chicago Bears or Minnesota Vikings? I think not so again the Packers would want to control [as much as they can] where Favre plays next season.

Honestly no one would have given this issue this much attention if he was just made into a second string QB this season because it was time for Aaron Rodgers to be the #1 guy. So if Brett wants to come back and the Commissioner's office grants his return, they he should either report to training camp for the Pack or work out a deal to play somewhere else that is to everyone's liking.

Labels: Football

posted by TheWino @ 1:55 PM