CaptainKickass
12-23-2008, 12:50 PM
Conspiracy Theory?
Favre appearing on the cover of EA Sports Madden '09 video game is supposed to net him a season ending injury, according to the Madden curse. Clearly there was a carefully orchestrated attempt by EA Sports to eliminate the curse altogether. Crush it, smash it and strike it down for good.
The fact that Brett Favre was going to be the first "officially" retired player to grace the cover comes into play. Unless a retired Favre falls off his tractor in Kiln and breaks a leg - the "season ending" portion of the Madden curse would be nullified, and therefore the curse would be broken. This was the basic strategy employed by EA Sports to eliminate the Madden curse, as it's bad for business, and video games are all about business. Especially a top dog like the Madden franchise.
The rules of the curse get a bit complicated with the offseason "retirement" saga. But Favre eventually decides to force playing again. Once the trade to the Jets was complete, the curse still has it's wretched power. The curse was likely angered by the attempt to break it, yet it was somehow "locked" by the team whose jersey Favre was sporting on the cover. This indicates that the curse has certain rules and/or barriers, further proving the validity of the curse.
It's clear to me now that the curse was loopholed by a combination of the offseason drama resulting in Favre's trade to the Jets, and limited by what team jersey the player on the cover wears - much like a dirty lawyer trick or "poison pill" verbiage in a contract.
With Favre being a Jet and yet being in a Packer unform, the curse stayed with the Packers instead of following Favre to New York. It took it's anger out on the Packers as a team instead of affecting just Favre.
Permit me to elaborate. It's sort of like that scene from the film "Final Destination" where "death" is flowing like electricity from one victim's seat on the plane to another victim's seat on the plane - as if it had a plan on who to execute first - but something unexpected interrupts death.
Except this time, instead of death having a plan - the Madden curse has a plan. When the curse can't seem "find" it's intended target, it has to find a way to dissapate it's energy. And it quickly located the Packers defense. The attempt to break the curse was a negative, combined with the negativity involved in the trade, resulting in this "curse confusion". The curse had to flow to the defensive side of the Packers, and pick off players one by one, ending their seasons in the strangest twists of fate and irony.
The added protection for Favre was of course his strong, but rarely published, ties to the deep south VooDoo underworld. This helped him to avoid and repel any backlash ramifications of the curse, and instead it doomed the Packers to a loosing season - despite putting up what appear to be great statistical numbers on paper.
The hindsight here is pretty simple: If only Favre would've stayed "retired" in the first place. The curse would be broken, and our team wouldn't have a shitty record.
.
Favre appearing on the cover of EA Sports Madden '09 video game is supposed to net him a season ending injury, according to the Madden curse. Clearly there was a carefully orchestrated attempt by EA Sports to eliminate the curse altogether. Crush it, smash it and strike it down for good.
The fact that Brett Favre was going to be the first "officially" retired player to grace the cover comes into play. Unless a retired Favre falls off his tractor in Kiln and breaks a leg - the "season ending" portion of the Madden curse would be nullified, and therefore the curse would be broken. This was the basic strategy employed by EA Sports to eliminate the Madden curse, as it's bad for business, and video games are all about business. Especially a top dog like the Madden franchise.
The rules of the curse get a bit complicated with the offseason "retirement" saga. But Favre eventually decides to force playing again. Once the trade to the Jets was complete, the curse still has it's wretched power. The curse was likely angered by the attempt to break it, yet it was somehow "locked" by the team whose jersey Favre was sporting on the cover. This indicates that the curse has certain rules and/or barriers, further proving the validity of the curse.
It's clear to me now that the curse was loopholed by a combination of the offseason drama resulting in Favre's trade to the Jets, and limited by what team jersey the player on the cover wears - much like a dirty lawyer trick or "poison pill" verbiage in a contract.
With Favre being a Jet and yet being in a Packer unform, the curse stayed with the Packers instead of following Favre to New York. It took it's anger out on the Packers as a team instead of affecting just Favre.
Permit me to elaborate. It's sort of like that scene from the film "Final Destination" where "death" is flowing like electricity from one victim's seat on the plane to another victim's seat on the plane - as if it had a plan on who to execute first - but something unexpected interrupts death.
Except this time, instead of death having a plan - the Madden curse has a plan. When the curse can't seem "find" it's intended target, it has to find a way to dissapate it's energy. And it quickly located the Packers defense. The attempt to break the curse was a negative, combined with the negativity involved in the trade, resulting in this "curse confusion". The curse had to flow to the defensive side of the Packers, and pick off players one by one, ending their seasons in the strangest twists of fate and irony.
The added protection for Favre was of course his strong, but rarely published, ties to the deep south VooDoo underworld. This helped him to avoid and repel any backlash ramifications of the curse, and instead it doomed the Packers to a loosing season - despite putting up what appear to be great statistical numbers on paper.
The hindsight here is pretty simple: If only Favre would've stayed "retired" in the first place. The curse would be broken, and our team wouldn't have a shitty record.
.