Commish involved in Favre issue?

[Carolina_Packer]

If a team wants him they will want him soon so he can get learning the new offense and terminology. And with TT not wanting him it's likely we won't get what some deem to be fair market value. But this mess needs resolution

Allen Iverson trade from Philly anyone? Former GM Billy King cleared out his locker and devalued his trade value by trashing him to the media. Favre retired and Iverson didn't; I konw that. TT has not trashed Favre, but there are some similarities in that GB is now over a barrell in a way if they want to trade him. The commish has stepped in (or over-stepped in). So, the team's options are to let him file for reinstatement and add him to the active roster or try and trade him when he is retired, which may net them less than if he filed for reinstatement already. I just hope they get FMV for him if they go the trade route. I can't see Favre being reinstated and staying with the team at this point. He's not going to stay as a backup.

As for Goodell's involvement, why does Favre get the star treatment when there are other unhappy players in the league and he does nothing? Is this enabling Favre? Chad Johnson, Plaxico Burress and Devin Hester are unhappy (probably others too) and Goodell is not stepping in on their behalf. What gives?

[Pugger]

The only reason Goodell stuck his nose into this is because we're talking about an iconic popular RETIRED player.

After all I've read and heard about this mess I'm with Fritz here and Brett probably has wanted OUT of GB all along because he has a problem with TT. Brett probably realized TT wouldn't trade him to the team he covets (the queens) so he has tried his darnest to make TT look like the villian and hoped that it would force TT to release him unconditionally. Thankfully TT isn't that stupid. So Brett is now deciding what to do - should he file the papers and be prepared to go to some AFC team that TT will ship him off to or should he just stay retired?

[MJZiggy]

All I know is that I was sitting on the train this morning and a man was reading the paper and on the back page in the kids post was a 9-inch square picture of Favre with the headline "Should Athletes Quit their Quitting?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072303280.html

I can't wait til this whole mess gets sorted out.

[Rastak]

All I know is that I was sitting on the train this morning and a man was reading the paper and on the back page in the kids post was a 9-inch square picture of Favre with the headline "Should Athletes Quit their Quitting?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072303280.html

I can't wait til this whole mess gets sorted out.

Sitting on the train? Where the hell are you, London?

[MJZiggy]

Fine, the Metro. Better?

[Rastak]

Fine, the Metro. Better?

London would be more fun.

[MJZiggy]

So let's go to London. Why not?

[Rastak]

So let's go to London. Why not?

Lemme clear it with the wife!


Oh wait.....


Damn.

[MJZiggy]