Brett Favre to Take a Year Off in Preparations For 2010 Summer [HUMOR]

Brett Favre confirmed this week he will not be playing football for the Minnesota Vikings in 2009.

So with that in mind...why is the media still talking about it?

I can't figure it out, unless of course, there is an under-the-table assumption that Favre will do this again next year.

Wait a minute...Yes...I'm receiving confirmation that Brett Favre is taking the year off so he can be ready to keep yet another team in limbo until the week before training camp.

Despite the Vikings adamant stance that they are not going to sign Brett Favre, a stance they took about 10 times this summer, rumors still swirled around the future Hall of Famer in purple and gold.

First, they gave him an ultimatum to make a decision before the draft.

Then, in the middle of summer, the Vikings "suspended talks" with Favre.

The next week, he was a Viking.

It was an unfortunate summer yet again as SportsCenter was forced to cover this story every day to some extent.

Every time Favre stepped onto a field, ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols was there, and Favre was loving every minute of it. 

Lets think about this for a minute.

Brett Favre was working out...at a High School, and ESPN felt the need to send one of its best field reporters to Mississippi and cover the story. Maybe ESPN should reevaluate its priorities.

Every time there was an update on his elbow, ESPN producers were scrambling to put the update on the air. No one was killed, though several were injured.

Now that it is over, one would think the coverage would stop. One would be wrong.

When asked why he wants to take a year off, Favre noted several reasons. Those included were spending time with his family, taking vacation, and the fact that he just can't perform with his elbow injury.

Let's be honest people, Favre simply wants to help dominate the media in the infamous summer of 2010, when the likes of Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and co. will be free agents.

Favre doesn't want to have to relegate the spotlight to these sub-par individuals, he wants it all for himself.

"I don't think it's fair that the NBA get all the attention next year," said Brett, "I feel responsible for the publicity of the NFL in off-season, so I want to be 100 percent when that time comes."

For four straight years now we were forced to hear, day after day, updates on the "Brett Favre Situation." You can almost be sure there will be a fifth.

I'm half expecting Favre to show up in the new "XX" commercials what with all the media coverage he is receiving.

Stay Thirsty Brett.