I'm a big fan of sports, possibly even a huge fan of sports. The one channel you can always find on at my house is ESPN, and if I had a way to have every single ESPN channel I certainly would. Talking sports is a lot of fun to me, but it is rare I get the chance to expound upon things. However, this past week has provided a couple of things that I feel like discussing.
First, is the return of Brett Favre to professional football. All the way back in March he finally decided it was time to retire from the NFL and leave the game while he was on top. The Green Bay Packers had almost made it back to the Super Bowl, and his season was one of his best ever. The problem is now that he wants to return to the NFL after saying he was definitely done for good. The Packers have already moved on with the team and are preparing to have Aaron Rodgers as their starting quarterback in a couple of months.
Normally I don't think much of players retiring and then coming back because they have a little bit of an itch, but I have lost a little bit of respect for Brett Favre in this situation. Aaron Rodgers has been sitting on the bench behind Favre for 3 seasons waiting to take over the team and preparing for that eventuality. Now he is left in limbo after being told he is the starter because Favre wants to return. If I were Rodgers, and Favre returns to the team, then I would immediately asked to be released or traded. While he hasn't earned any real clout from being a starter, he has paid his dues in preparation.
I can understand that the Packers don't want to release Favre outright and let him sign with any team, but having him return as a backup is a little extreme as well. I think they should ask him who he wants to play for and then arrange a trade to one of the teams, regardless of how much or how little they receive in return. If he wants to play, let him move on and mess up his legacy if that is the case, but don't screw up the chance that Aaron Rodgers had worked hard to earn.
Next on my list is the Tour de France. I may not know a whole lot about cycling, but I do know that the stuff the riders in that race put themselves through is absolutely insane. The race this year is far more compelling because all of the big names from cycling are all sitting on 2 year bans due to either allegations of doping or positive tests for performance enhancing drugs.
The result is a bunch of new riders with a great chance to show the world what they have to offer. With no positive tests to this point the race has been clean and the leader has been changing what seems like every day. Nobody seems to be able to pull away with a sizeable lead, which means the race will be tight until the very end. I'm excited about that because as interesting as Lance Armstrong was, he sure took a lot of suspense out of the Tour de France.
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