Packers Fans Are Enablers
Some Green Bay Packers’ fans are just gluttons. Gluttons for punishment that is. A small crowd of Green Bay/Brett Favre fans are trying to make the Pack change their stance on whether or not King Brett should be allowed to change him mind again:
The rally in Green Bay, Wis., was the brainchild of brothers Adam and Erick Rolfson, who on Friday tried to think of a way to keep Favre in Green Bay. Another rally is planned for Monday night in suburban Milwaukee and every Sunday thereafter at Lambeau Field until Favre is back.
The brothers also are demanding an emergency meeting of stockholders “to help control the fate of our quarterback,” Erick Rolfson said….
The Web site is selling “Favre 08″ shirts, bumper stickers and yard signs. Erick Rolfson, 32, plans to turn his Wauwatosa mortgage company into “Favre ‘08 Headquarters.”
“Last time we checked,” he said, “Green Bay is a publicly owned franchise and is owned by the people in the community and by the stockholders, not Ted Thompson.”
Hmmm. And I’m sure that the proceeds for such sales are all going to a special “keep Brett here” fund right? Of course it is. Green Bay fans need to quit being Dante. Caitlin is a slut, she’s always been a slut, and if you take her back she’s going to cheat on you again at the end of the season. (See Clerks for explanation of metaphor). Favre does this to your team every year. One year (probably this one) he’s going to come back and you’re going to wish that he hadn’t. There was a Green Bay Packers team before Brett Favre, and it’s dangerous to tie your fandom too close to one player or it’s going to lead to a rough adjustment when that player is ready to go. Colts’ fans will have to say good-bye to Peyton one day, Pats’ fans will have to say good-bye to Tom Brady and yes, Yankees’ fans will have to say good-bye to Derek Jeter one day. Brett has been the one who has turned this whole thing into a circus. He’s made himself more important than the team, and isn’t that something that other athletes are often vilified for?
July 13th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I like Brett Favre just fine. Nothing against the guy, but make up your damned mind already. From a plain old common sense stand point, I’ve gotta go with the Packers on this. You can’t put all your eggs in a wishy washy basket. The most Brett should hope for is to help mentor his new starter, and play 2nd string. I would put it in my contract that I won’t hold the ball for PAT, though.
July 13th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
This is just a whole lotta pub before the only thing that can happen happens. The Packers will trade Brett, they won’t get any more than a second round pick for him because every one knows that they have no leverage, and they’ll send him to a AFC team that needs a qb. My money is on Baltimore. It’ll get done, it’ll just take another week or two of this hype, and then that’s what will be talked about all season.