BRETT FAVRE - MISTER TRAGEDY

WHAT IS IT WITH ESPN AND GREENBAY PACKER FOOTBALL QUARTERBACK,
BRETT FAVRE ?
EVERY TIME YOU SEE THIS GUY ON THE STATION, THEY ARE ATTACHING SOME TRAGEDY TO HIS NAME -

"BRETT HAS A FAMILY MEMBER WITH CANCER"

"BRETT'S FATHER DIED"

"HIS PERSONAL COOK BURNED DINNER LAST WEEK."

" HIS CAR HAD TO STAY IN THE SHOP OVERNIGHT WHEN THEY FORGOT TO
CHANGE THE OIL."

"A NEIGHBOR OF BRETT'S WAS ALMOST IN A CAR ACCIDENT THREE MONTHS AGO."

"A GUY BRETT WENT TO JHS WITH TRIPPED ON HIS LIVING ROOM RUG AND HURT HIS WRIST, WHEN HE HIT THE COFFEE TABLE."

NOW, THEY ARE DRAGGING FAVRE OUT FOR THE CLOSET FOR THE KATRINA FLOOD -- THERE HAS TO BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF ATHLETES
WITH CONNECTIONS TO THE FLOODED AREA, BESIDES THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED ON A HUMANITARIAN LEVEL REGARDLESS OF GEOGRAPHY.

ESPN CAN'T HELP BUT CONNECT THIS GUY TO ANY DISASTER, REAL OR IMAGINED. A DURING A GAME BROADCAST,
THEY MAKE THIS TYPE OF COMMENT -- -->>>

"BRETT IS SO COURAGEOUS TO MAKE THAT TOUCHDOWN PASS, ONLY SEVEN MONTHS AND NINE DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS SON'S PET TURTLE."

THIS GUY'S IMAGE IS A BLACK CLOUD.

IT IS NOTHING AGAINST MISTER FAVRE, BUT IT IS A NEWS MANAGEMENT DECISION TO PORTRAY THIS ATHLETE IN THIS MANNER,
THAT I FIND OFFENSIVE - IT IS DEMEANING TO MISTER FAVRE AND TO OTHER PEOPLE DEALING WITH TRAGEDY ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE ARE ALL FACING ONE TRAGEDY OR ANOTHER -- ALL TOO OFTEN ------ BUT WE SOLDIER ON AND MISTER FAVRE IS SOLDIERING ON - WHY THEY WANT TO MAKE HIM THE POSTER BOY FOR TRAGEDY ESCAPES ME. I AM SURE IT IS NOT A POSITION HE WANTS TO FILL.
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UPDATE - JULY 2008 -
AFTER THE FIASCO OF HIS ON AND OFF AGAIN RETIREMENT SCENARIO - MAYBE FAVRE DOES LIKE BEING MISTER TRAGEDY - HE OBVIOUSLY HAS A FEW SCREWS LOOSE.