FAVRE TO RETIRE

[Rastak]

It looks like a framework for a story, as it has a few placeholders. It's either there for release later today or it was setup just in case he did decide to retire.


I'm guessing it's "just in case".

[Cheesehead Craig]

I cannot even get to it anymore, I think it's been found out

[PackerBlues]

anybody wanna hunt down whoever started this hoax and beat his ass?


You would think that Favre's own website would carry this news......nothing there either.

http://www.officialbrettfavre.com/news/

[MTPackerfan]

anybody wanna hunt down whoever started this hoax and beat his ass?


You would think that Favre's own website would carry this news......nothing there either.

http://www.officialbrettfavre.com/news/

Good point

[KYPack]

Ir's a phony.

Somebody hacked into the Pack site and found that page, then made a link to it.

I just got this when I accessed the link:

Authorization Required
This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.


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Apache/2.0.52 (CentOS) Server at packers.com Port 80

People undoubtedly called the Packers who blocked access to the page.

[Zool]

The site is now asking for a pwd.

[Lurker64]

My guess is they just had the "Favre to retire" page lying around somewhere so they don't have to rebuild it when it actually happens, and somebody just found it. There's probably a "Favre to Return!" page on Packers.com somewhere, but they might be currently restricting access to it.

[Rastak]

Ir's a phony.

Somebody hacked into the Pack site and found that page, then made a link to it.

I just got this when I accessed the link:

Authorization Required
This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.


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Apache/2.0.52 (CentOS) Server at packers.com Port 80

People undoubtedly called the Packers who blocked access to the page.

Highly unlikely it was hacked. They'd put it on the front page, wouldn't they? Like I said, it was either staged there or just in case.

[KYPack]

anybody wanna hunt down whoever started this hoax and beat his ass?


You would think that Favre's own website would carry this news......nothing there either.

http://www.officialbrettfavre.com/news/

Welllll,

You could start with "collapse"

[Zool]

Some web admin is currently getting his ass chewed for dropping that onto the production dir on their apache server.

[MadtownPacker]

It has to be a just in case page. I get the feeling if he had let TT know this would be out already.

Of course the team alway seem to do big announcements around noon.

[Lurker64]

After all, if you worked on the Packers webpage staff and were planning on quitting, this would be a good way to leave a little "remember me" present. I have no doubt that professional sporting teams have all sorts of placeholder pages and stories for things that are likely to happen eventually, for e.g. "Favre Retires", "Kyle Orton Wins Pie-Eating Contest", "Matt Milen Fired", etc.

[PackerBlues]

yeah, it was on the "breaking news" page, which does not even have a link to it from the main site. I am guessing that is where they keep future possibility projects .......... so they are not to far behind the competition when or if, the news breaks.

[Lurker64]

I'm also guessing that one of the reasons the major media outlets (ESPN, WTMJ, JSO, etc.) weren't running with this story is that their first reaction was to say "Hmm, and call the Packers."

[BF4MVP]

It's a bunch of crap..I'm pissed though because I let so many people know that he was retiring and now I have to let them all know it was a hoax..