Brett Favre
So the NFL contacted SBN and wants us to link to his press conference (already in progress). I will say this: I greatly appreciate the NFL broadcasting key events on its website. I think it's very progressive of it--something that the NFL has long been ahead of the curve at. I've never had particularly strong feelings about Favre. I will forever remember watching him play like a man possessed the day after his father died. My former roommate Ian and I were simply in awe. True, non-hyperbole, non-conventionalized, awe. I think sentimentality sets in some age older than I. So watch this now, laugh, crack wise, rolls your eyes, but remember, no matter how frothing some of his supporters were, Brett Favre was a once-in-a-lifetime player.
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Marshall Faulk
by John Morgan on Mar 6, 2008 9:37 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
It's funny, I think most men watch sports...
by John Morgan on Mar 6, 2008 10:04 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
really?
Think 'Rudy.' I suspect most sports fans love the opportunity to the let the emotion flow. That includes angry heckling, happy cheering, and sad/proud crying.
by Snuffleupagus on Mar 6, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Really.
by John Morgan on Mar 6, 2008 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
Brett Favre was a warrior and never seemed like the type of guy to get all teary. That's what makes it even more moving.
I consider myself pretty manly and I have no shame in admitting that things like this make me feel emotional. Favre hurt the Seahawks many a time, but I'll always respect a guy like him no matter how much ESPN over covers him.
by BrettJMiller on Mar 6, 2008 3:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dude I cried when Dan Wilson retired
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 6, 2008 4:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Old Yeller
I split with my man Morgan here. Somebody tearing up at having to leave the thing he loves? Totally understandable. I'm in Nashville at the moment. I got sensitive guys crawlin' all over me, and they'll still kick your ass tomorrow if they got a mind to. That's how they made their living.
The more eloquent you can be with your goodbyes the better.
by Shrug on Mar 6, 2008 10:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Understandable, sure.
by John Morgan on Mar 7, 2008 9:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
favre
by paul2 on Mar 6, 2008 4:59 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I wish Knox had gotten his way
Of course, no guarantee Favre would have been Favre under those conditions . . .
by The Ancient Mariner on Mar 6, 2008 5:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

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