MISTER TRAGEDY

WHAT IS IT WITH ESPN AND GREENBAY PACKER FOOTBALL QUARTERBACK, BRETT FAVRE ?
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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 MONTH AGO."
"A GUY BRETT WENT TO JHS WITH TRIPPED ON HIS LIVING ROOM RUG AND HURT HIS WRIST, WHEN HE LANDED ON THE COFFEE TABLE."
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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.