I agree with Thrashen. Favre never defended Bill Schroeder against the incredibly unfair fan treatment he received, or urged the team to give the very talented Travis Jervey a chance, and he also dropped his supposed "best friend" on the Packers, TE Mark Chmura, like a hot potato after he was charged with having sex with an underage girl. I don't think there were any other white skill position players during his long tenure with the Packers. Certainly Favre wasn't going to lobby for any. Don't forget, also, that he publicly stated that it "wasn't his job" to mentor Aaron Rodgers, after the Packers drafted him. If Donovan McNabb or Daunte Culpepper said that, we'd be all over him. We ought to criticize Favre for saying it.
Favre has been a linchpin of the Caste System for the past few decades. As Thrashen noted, he is beloved by all the jock-sniffers who hate every other white player. What is even more amazing is the fact that none of the white-hating black talking heads ever criticize him in the least. Even when Favre publicly took the side of management against black WR Javon Walker in a contract dispute, something that no player had ever done before, none of the predictable cries were raised against him in the media, or by any other black players. Think about that; if Peyton Manning publicly urged the Colts not to rework Reggie Wayne's contract, probably half of the Colts' black players would either speak up loudly in protest or threaten to hold out with Reggie. When Favre did that to Walker, there was barely a murmur of protest from his black teammates. What other white player could get away with that?
Favre should not be supported by any true fan of sports, simply because he laid down on the field to give an opposing player a record. Even if he was a proud, outspoken opponent of the Caste System, that kind of dishonest behavior cannot be defended. There is no parallel to that in the history of competitive athletics. While some of us have long suspected these games are fixed, the Favre-Strahan incident is the only one in history where one player clearly and obviously dropped the competitive posture during a contest for the benefit of someone on the opposing team.
Favre's arrogance is in full view here; for the past several seasons, he has played the "will he or won't he retire" game to the full hilt, while the jock-sniffers in the media played along dutifully. Now, after finally retiring, he issued cryptic comments hinting at a comeback almost from the moment his retirement was officially announced. What other player has ever done that? How do you "comeback" when you haven't missed a game yet? Favre is as full of himself as any of the obnoxious black players we all despise. He should have nipped the first rumor about him "coming back" in the bud with a strong statement like "Hey, I just retired. I'm not playing this season." But no, he is a true drama queen, much like T.O. or Chad Johnson, and simply can't live without the attention. Now it appears he really will be playing somewhere this season.
I want to celebrate one of the few white NFL stars of the modern era as much as anyone else here, but I just don't think there is anything to like about Brett Favre.
