De-retired?

Does anybody feel bad for Brett Favre? Because I don't. It has literally annoyed me for decades when an athlete retires, then comes back, only to retire again (but not really). This dude was a legend in Green Day for as long as I can remember, and he's screwing it all up because he "still has the desire to play." My response would be "Well you didn't last year... you quit, so you're done." He's dragging the Packers through the weeds with a selfish little pseudo-tantrum, and the person I feel bad for is their new QB Aaron Rodgers. If I were that guy I would be ready to give a flying knee to #4 -- finally he gets his chance to lead the team, and the old guy waits until like 2 weeks before training camp and then informs everybody he's taking over. I thought Jordan & Magic were dumb for doing that too. (Don't worry 32... it's all good.)

My solution would be to institute a permanence-clause to declaring yourself retired. "I want to come back." "Well sorry, we already hung up your jersey. Go play baseball or golf or something." Of cour$e no league would ever do that becau$e there'$ too much at $take for the team$ involved. But I kind of applaud the Packers for taking a stand and saying, "Hey man we've moved on. We've got our new guy, and we've already written you out of all the plays. No you can't go play for someone else because you'll probably be a pain in our butts all season, and we're about winning because this is professional sports. Now go play baseball or race snowmobiles or something." It's an unfortunate situation, and I just wish Favre would bow out gracefully... thus preserving his legendary legacy (Was that redundant? I don't think it was.) and doing what's best for HIS team.

But I saw this in ESPN.com and thought it was pretty funny. Hopefully he does ok on the blind-side hit absorption section... I heard that part's tough.