BRETT DENIES REPORTS....

[arcilite]

Tonight they have reported on the sports report that a second team acknowledged talking to Favre, but not for as long as the Lions did. They did not name the second team. They also said there would be more to follow on the story, probably tomorrow.

And the plot thickens....





/sidenote.. how come the plot never thins?

[Scott Campbell]

Unbelievable. I hope its not true. This is beyond sad.

[TheCheese]

Unbelievable. I hope its not true. This is beyond sad.

What gets me, is I grew up watching Favre. He was my favorite athlete/celebrity by far and he pulls some shit like that? If this really is true, I don't know how I'm going to call myself a Brett Favre fan.

[RashanGary]

Honestly, I'm glad all of this is coming out. I've had a strong dislike toward Favre the person for some time. I've listened to his selfish post game conferences for too many years. I had the impression that to him, it was all about him and only him for some time. I'm glad to see everyone getting a taste of the real Brett when they had blinders on for so many years. Some will never come around, but it's good to get the real Brett out there for the open minded to see.

[prsnfoto]

Honestly, I'm glad all of this is coming out. I've had a strong dislike toward Favre the person for some time. I've listened to his selfish post game conferences for too many years. I had the impression that to him, it was all about him and only him for some time. I'm glad to see everyone getting a taste of the real Brett when they had blinders on for so many years. Some will never come around, but it's good to get the real Brett out there for the open minded to see.

I just way dumder from reading this morons opinion. Tank is now the second biggest dope that has ever posted here we have a new winner Justin Ben "hospital" Sheets Harrell.

[Scott Campbell]

I just way dumder from reading this morons opinion.

[GBRulz]

I just way dumder from reading this morons opinion. Tank is now the second biggest dope that has ever posted here we have a new winner Justin Ben "hospital" Sheets Harrell.

He's actually very cool in person. Sorry JH, I know you have a rep to protect. Oh hell, most people probably won't believe me anyhow....carry on

[KYPack]

Jason Wilde from the State Journal has an article this AM with a mild comformation of the Favre "leak" to the Lions.

"Two league sources said Sunday they had been told of Favre contacting the Lions last month, before Glazer's report. One said the report was "absolutely" true."

There is a pretty solid network of players that stay in contact with other teams and they spill info to each other to hurt their former teams and "enemies" on those teams. I'd imagine this story has some truth to it. And I don't really give a shit about it.

[Lurker64]

I would like to point out that Brett has been known to manipulate the media with equivocation or outright untruths when it serves him to do so. When unretirementgate was first breaking, Brett told the media "It's all just rumor" which, while strictly true, was both dishonest and misleading.

So suffice to say, I don't really think that anybody should rely on Favre's word alone here. Since this is both potentially embarrassing for him as well as difficult to prove beyond a "he said/he said" situation, it does behoove Favre to lie, assuming the allegations are true.

[Scott Campbell]

Geez - saw this on a Jets forum.

[Ballboy]

How big of story is this really?

Players change teams many times and I'm sure there is a fair amount of "sharing" information in many cases. I remeber some teams signing other players off another teams practice squad in order to "pick their brains" for the team that they came from.

Yeah, it sucks that it is Brett. Yeah, if he "directly" called them with the intentions of telling them makes it even worse. How much different is this from the tampering charge? Brett can say he was just talking to a friend, nothing more.

We put up 40+ points on Detroit, don't think Brett will be coaching anytime soon.

[Bossman641]

How big of story is this really?

Players change teams many times and I'm sure there is a fair amount of "sharing" information in many cases. I remeber some teams signing other players off another teams practice squad in order to "pick their brains" for the team that they came from.

Yeah, it sucks that it is Brett. Yeah, if he "directly" called them with the intentions of telling them makes it even worse. How much different is this from the tampering charge? Brett can say he was just talking to a friend, nothing more.

We put up 40+ points on Detroit, don't think Brett will be coaching anytime soon.

I'd say a pretty big story. Teams signing reserve and PS players to pick their brain a little bit is in an entirely different realm than Favre seeking out other teams to give them secrets.

[Patler]

How big of story is this really?

Players change teams many times and I'm sure there is a fair amount of "sharing" information in many cases. I remeber some teams signing other players off another teams practice squad in order to "pick their brains" for the team that they came from.

Yeah, it sucks that it is Brett. Yeah, if he "directly" called them with the intentions of telling them makes it even worse. How much different is this from the tampering charge? Brett can say he was just talking to a friend, nothing more.

We put up 40+ points on Detroit, don't think Brett will be coaching anytime soon.

If the story is true, I think it is different than the situations you mentioned because:

-this was not a player working with the team he now plays for, it is a player of team A providing details to team B about his former team C. It seems unusual for a player currently employed by one team to be working that closely with another team.

-the story suggests that Favre sought them out.

-several are now reporting that Favre also contacted other Packer opponents.

-this is not a journeyman player bouncing around the league who has some basic understanding of another team. This was a player who was paid something like $80 million by the Packers while there.

-and yes, this is a high profile player. Obligations on him may be different, the standard of "rightness" may be a bit higher; and he should realize that.

[Deputy Nutz]

Honestly, I'm glad all of this is coming out. I've had a strong dislike toward Favre the person for some time. I've listened to his selfish post game conferences for too many years. I had the impression that to him, it was all about him and only him for some time. I'm glad to see everyone getting a taste of the real Brett when they had blinders on for so many years. Some will never come around, but it's good to get the real Brett out there for the open minded to see.

I just way dumder from reading this morons opinion. Tank is now the second biggest dope that has ever posted here we have a new winner Justin Ben "hospital" Sheets Harrell.

HA HA HA HA!!!
I won't even start, the evidence is inconclusive right now but that doesn't stop Harrell from spewing his stupidity

[Tony Oday]

Thanks for the memories Brett!

That being said I hope you don't believe in Karma because as they say in Ebonics, you be F*cked. Keep a little dignity be above this, you were an everyman and thats why people loved you, know you are a spoiled little brat that didn't get his way. Please just go away.