Thank you, Brett!

[partly]

Brett Favre has announced that he is retiring -- or as the headline reads Favre Has Decided to Call it a Career.

Now, I'm a huge Packer fan and love Brett, and as much as I will miss him playing, I'm pleased that he can walk away from it all while he still can walk away. There is more to life than football -- even when football is your life and passion.

What I really love about all this, is the timing: Brett's retirement will mean there is something in the news other than the election. Don't get me wrong, choosing a candidate is important, but I don't live in the states voting -- I, in fact, cast my vote last month. It's all out of my hands. I'd much rather spend my time debating the pros and cons of Favre's retirement, talking about his famous (and infamous) plays, and predicting the future chances of a title coming back to Green Bay.

Now when I'm looking for a little distraction from work, I can surf over to the sports news and enjoy the heated debate of "who's history's best quarterback" or "is Brett retiring because the Packer's couldn't get Moss or because he's tired of the long, cold Green Bay winters"? Lord knows that's much more entertaining than the faux "cowboy high-noon showdown" that the news is hyping for the election.

ETA: Of course, even the sports news sites have link sidebars that connect to the political news. Now, I just have to learn not to click on the links, right? But sometimes you just have to read the article to how many cowboy/country cliches the writers can work into the story...

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[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

I'm only hoping that now that he's retiring, he'll finally admit his name is actually pronounced Favray!