Soap Operas in Sports??

Today I’m going to take a different spin on soap operas. I’m going to look into the sporting world and look at all the drama that goes on in that perspective. A lot of people are referring to Brett Favre and his career as a “soap opera”.
Favre, who ‘retired’ from the NFL after his many seasons with the Green Bay Packers, came back to the league last year, out of retirement, to play for the New York Jets. After saying he was going to retire again after last year’s season, there is talk now, that he will come out of retirement once again and possibly play this time for the Minnesota Vikings.
I personally do not care either way what he does, but it’s a little strange to me that he is beginning a pattern of playing, retiring, and then miraculously coming out of retirement to play again. I mean come on, if you retired from the sport, accept it and help maybe elsewhere. Clearly you think that you have done what you can do in the sport and you should move on. Apparently Favre is having a bit of trouble let’s say… letting go?
This to me, sounds a little too much like the well known pitcher in the major leagues, Roger Clemens. Clemens made his name playing in Toronto and after a few different teams, multiple times of retiring and coming out of retirement, he landed himself in Houston. I liked Clemens when he was a Blue Jay, wasn’t really a fan when he was a Yankee and then definitely wasn’t a fan when he was an Astro.I mainly felt that way because I find it frustrating when these guys retire, then decide to be heroes and come out of retirement. Okay, I can understand you doing it once, maybe you made a wrong decision. But doing it multiple times? Come on guys… figure out what you want to do with your life and stick to it please.

Soap Opera Pregnancies

Soap opera pregnancies are always the most dramatic, I mean you didn’t think things could get much more dramatic on a soap opera, but I think pregnancies succeed everything. There seems to be plenty of these each year on many different soaps. As I have mentioned before, I watch the Young and the Restless more than any other soap. So that is mainly what I am going to concentrate on for this blog.
Recently, on the Young and the Restless, Sharon Abbott became pregnant. Now, the next question is who is the father? And that is definitely a good one. There are three options, her recent ex husband Jack Abbott, her ex-ex husband Nick Newman, or her recent fling with Billy Abbott. Talk about craziness. Sharon has been up and down and all around with so many different guys on the show but she seems to be back and forth between the same ones, Nick and Jack. Although, I think that if Brad Carlton was still alive on the show, his name would probably be thrown in the mix as well.
Nick and Sharon have been in love for how long? They were high school sweethearts, anyways, Nick and his current wife, Phyllis, their marriage is currently on the rocks because Nick has been seeing Sharon. In my heart, I’ve always had a soft spot for the whole Nick and Sharon thing, they have a son already together, Noah. In my opinion, it would only be the beginning of a happy ending for the two. Nick get a divorce from Phyllis and start his life with Sharon again, we all know that’s what both of them want!

Jack, will definitely want this baby to be his, in his eyes, this may salvage anything him and Sharon may or may not have at this point. I’m not really a huge fan of Jack Abbott, so personally, I hope that it isn’t Jack’s baby. But knowing the writers of the show, they will probably script it to be Jack’s baby. To make things just that more difficult.
Billy on the other hand, was a random kind of out of nowhere. He came back to Genoa City to work for Jabot and apparently was seeing Sharon? I don’t really think that it would bother me if it did turn out to be Billy’s baby, but I guess that would put an end to my fantasy Nick and Sharon ending.
Let’s see what the writers have in mind for Sharon and her baby..