Is this a sign of things to come?

Question

Brett Favre Ran A Lap And It Made Me Feel Sad All Day

I was hoping that after Brett Favre was traded to the Jets, everyone would relax, take a deep breath, slow down with the FavreLust, and slowly regain the knowledge that other football players still exist in the universe.

Nope.

About 36 hours after it happened, Brett Favre running a lap in practice was still the number four headline on ESPN.com, after only Paddy Harrington's PGA win, Michael Phelps winning his second gold, and Kyle Busch winning a car race.

One lap around the practice field. That's what happened. That's all that happened. The man fumbled, and his coach, saying that Favre is "one of the guys," made him run a lap. And then he did so, quite slowly.

Click the link for the enthralling video that a fan shot at the practice.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Brett-Favre-ran-a-lap-and-it-made-me-feel-sad-a?urn=nfl,99790

Answer 1

that is sad... you would think with the Olympics being on that sports news would mostly be about it... and his little jog would be so far near the bottom of the list as to be unimportant...

Answer 2

haha!  Unfortunately, that's probably exactly how it'll be for the next little while.  Presidential Election?  War in Iraq? The shattering of Olympic records? Who cares!  All we need to know is that Brett is "one of the guys!"

Answer 3

Unfortunately yes. Not because the networks or ESPN really thinks its that exciting, but they are worried that some moron will change the channel where it is being shown. Sometimes they're too scared to lose viewers than to gain viewers.

Answer 4

Oh man. I hope this stuff ends soon, but the only way I see that happening if if another huge football star does something drastic