Man, you'd really have to make a pain in the butt out of yourself to warrant that type of compensation... just to go away. But I guess that's what Brett Favre has done. And apparently this is the depth the Green Bay Packers are willing to stoop to as a means of ridding themselves of this whole fiasco. Problem is, now the team has created the perception that they are willing to bribe Favre into retiring for good... which, when you look at it that way, is realistically what this deal is all about. The Packers don't want Favre. They don't want anyone else to have him. So they are willing to cough up a big fat payoff to get him to stay down on the farm and out of pads.
Technically, the agreement would be classified as a marketing deal, but the timing and size of the deal strongly suggest this is more than Favre agreeing to show up at a few events and sign autographs. And if the powers-that-be in Green Bay were hoping to avoid the notion that they've forced Favre to retire before he was ready, they just blew it with this offer.
With the ball now back in Favre's court, it will be interesting to see just how much he wants to play the game of football again. The deal, it seems, just may be enough to keep him out of pads, however, as rumors surfaced Thursday in Newsday that he is considering taking the offer.
