PACKERS OFFER FAVRE $20 MIL TO STAY HOME!!!!

[The Leaper]

Offering a player 20 million to stay retired, then at the same time, not paying Ryan Grant near what he wants is just all fucked up.

Yep.

The Packer management really is looking very stupid right now. They've had a month to figure out what to do. They've had a month to realize that Favre wanted to play and was going to do what was necessary to play in 2008. They've had a month to realize the NFL would do whatever it could to get Favre on the field...he's a moneymaker.

So their plan is to try and buy Favre out with $20M guaranteed, while Ryan Grant was offered $1.75M?

LOL

Nice one, Packer organization. Your heads are up your ass.

[Chevelle2]

Offering a player 20 million to stay retired, then at the same time, not paying Ryan Grant near what he wants is just all fucked up.

Yep.

The Packer management really is looking very stupid right now. They've had a month to figure out what to do. They've had a month to realize that Favre wanted to play and was going to do what was necessary to play in 2008. They've had a month to realize the NFL would do whatever it could to get Favre on the field...he's a moneymaker.

So their plan is to try and buy Favre out with $20M guaranteed, while Ryan Grant was offered $1.75M?

LOL

Nice one, Packer organization. Your heads are up your ass.

And you are so quick to believe this, why?

[Fritz]

Offering a player 20 million to stay retired, then at the same time, not paying Ryan Grant near what he wants is just all fucked up.

Yep.

The Packer management really is looking very stupid right now. They've had a month to figure out what to do. They've had a month to realize that Favre wanted to play and was going to do what was necessary to play in 2008. They've had a month to realize the NFL would do whatever it could to get Favre on the field...he's a moneymaker.

So their plan is to try and buy Favre out with $20M guaranteed, while Ryan Grant was offered $1.75M?

LOL

Nice one, Packer organization. Your heads are up your ass.

Everybody is so quick to assume the Packers would pay Favre to stay home. What if that's not true? Maybe they need Brett to go to grocery stores to partner with Wisconsin cheese companies to promote their products by signing autographs at the local Safeway. Maybe they really really need someone to go on the offseason player caravan to supervise the young guys. Maybe MM needs an assistant to the assistant quality control coach.

They're just offering the guy a job. An important job, no doubt.

[MOBB DEEP]

If this is true, the Packers have made a huge mistake. Way more than the situation with Brett, but with the public eye. The next time they want us Brown County taxpayers to foot the bill on something, people are going to shut the door on them so fast. Heck, the stadium referendum barely went through a few years back...52% yes 48% no.

Many people are sick of Brett thinking he's bigger than everyone else, well many of the local GB people feel the same way (and have for a while now) about the Packers. Personally, I don't see how you cannot support them as they bring tons of money to GB, but many people living here don't see it this way. They see it as just another tax burden.

Heck, just look around....where are all the Packer fans from on most websites? Hint, it's not GB.

I will reserve my judgment on this because it sounds like BS to me. At least I hope so because if not.... I just might consider becoming a Bears fan....KIDDING!!

ARE U SERIOUS???

there REALLY is some anti-packer sentiment in title town (GB, not valdosta ga. btw)???

b/c of money/taxes??

[The Leaper]

ARE U SERIOUS???

there REALLY is some anti-packer sentiment in title town (GB, not valdosta ga. btw)???

b/c of money/taxes??

Umm...yeah.

The Packers charge a lot of money for their product. If you haven't noticed, the economy sucks right now.

If the Packers charge more for tickets when they are willing to throw $20M away on a guy to NOT PLAY, people who buy the tickets may be a little miffed.

[The Leaper]

They're just offering the guy a job. An important job, no doubt.

That's funny Fritz.

Favre wants to play football. Offering him another job is a joke, considering the level of frustration between the two parties at this point.

If the Packers offered Favre money, they did so to bribe him.

[Partial]

WSSP thinks Murphy acted without the executive committee's blessing on this. If thats the case and this offer was legit, I don't expect him to make it past the season.

What an embarrassment. All favre or against favre feelings aside, this is ridiculous and probably could be considered breaking some rule. Even if its not, it certainly seems unethical.

[The Leaper]

WSSP thinks Murphy acted without the executive committee's blessing on this. If thats the case and this offer was legit, I don't expect him to make it past the season.

WOWZERS!

Murphy just heads on down there and starts offering cash without anyone's blessing? Egads.

Honestly...are some of you organizational supporters starting to have any doubts right now? If this is true, then suddenly I think Favre might have a lot more credibility in his arguments against Thompson and the Packer organization.

The Packers would be a fucking laughingstock around the league if this is true...we had to back out on the first guy we considered for president because he was a headcase, and now the second guy who we hired is off selling weapons to the Contras without anyone's knowledge.

[HarveyWallbangers]

WSSP thinks Murphy acted without the executive committee's blessing on this. If thats the case and this offer was legit, I don't expect him to make it past the season.

Did you read the reports that Goodell pushed Murphy to go down there? Apparently, the offer has been on the table for awhile, so I'm sure the executive committee gave its blessings. Right now, it smells like there are some committee members that are trying to protect their own asses.

[The Gunshooter]

The offer of $20 million over 10 years to work for GB was on the table 2 months ago. What is a $ going to be worth in 5 years? 5 cents?

[GBRulz]

ARE U SERIOUS???

there REALLY is some anti-packer sentiment in title town (GB, not valdosta ga. btw)???

b/c of money/taxes??

Umm...yeah.

The Packers charge a lot of money for their product. If you haven't noticed, the economy sucks right now.

If the Packers charge more for tickets when they are willing to throw $20M away on a guy to NOT PLAY, people who buy the tickets may be a little miffed.

It actually has nothing to do with that, Leaper. The locals attitude about the Packers has felt this way long before the economy tanked.

The Packers are publicly owned, so who do you think they go to when they need money? The taxpayers. As if living in Taxonsin isn't bad enough, people are pissed about another 1/2% sales tax to fund this stadium. By the time it's paid off, they'll need another expansion of some kind.

Another big gripe is that Brown County taxpayers are paying all this money for a product they can't even enjoy. I do agree with this somewhat, although the Packers do have 4,000 tickets set aside for a ticket lottery for each home game. Well, there are what, close to 250k living in Brown County, so 4,000 tickets isn't much, but I like the Packers attempt on that one. BTW, through this years lottery, I got four Bears tickets

It's hard to believe, I know. and I don't understand the majority thinking, I mean the packers do so much for our community. GB people are very blue collar and conservative, drives me nuts at times.

[GBRulz]

WSSP thinks Murphy acted without the executive committee's blessing on this. If thats the case and this offer was legit, I don't expect him to make it past the season.

What an embarrassment. All favre or against favre feelings aside, this is ridiculous and probably could be considered breaking some rule. Even if its not, it certainly seems unethical.

The next website to go up...www.bringbackbobharlan.com

[Partial]

WSSP thinks Murphy acted without the executive committee's blessing on this. If thats the case and this offer was legit, I don't expect him to make it past the season.

Did you read the reports that Goodell pushed Murphy to go down there? Apparently, the offer has been on the table for awhile, so I'm sure the executive committee gave its blessings. Right now, it smells like there are some committee members that are trying to protect their own asses.

I did not know that. I heard the report on WSSP this morning, though, so thats all I've got.

[Partial]

WSSP thinks Murphy acted without the executive committee's blessing on this. If thats the case and this offer was legit, I don't expect him to make it past the season.

What an embarrassment. All favre or against favre feelings aside, this is ridiculous and probably could be considered breaking some rule. Even if its not, it certainly seems unethical.

The next website to go up...www.bringbackbobharlan.com

They should have sent him down there to begin with. I cannot believe another former player agreed to do that. You'd think they would have gone with the gentle grandpa like yet firm, loved and respected Harlan.

[The Leaper]

Harlan, probably wisely, wants no part of this mess.