Saturday, May 9, 2009

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.

1 comment:

  1. I think the thing with Favre is terrible. I'm from Wisconsin and a big Packer fan, but when he decided to leave the Packers, That was on the news for many weeks. I was really tired of hearing about it. The situation sounds like a soap, but most people want the decision to be made quickly.

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