According to multiple reports, the Packers offered Brett Favre $20 million to stay retired for the next 10 years. $2 million a year to stay in Mississippi and farm, join Live Aid, or run for office, just so long as he stays out of the NFL.
I know what you're thinking, because I'm thinking it, too—where do I sign up for that deal?!
Ah, but Brett Favre is not a mere mortal like you or me. He is a gun-slinging, fun-loving, kid-in-a-candy-store guy who loves football much like mammals love air.
Seriously though, did Mike McCarthy really think this was going to work? If so, this was the worst attempted cover-up since Watergate.
It isn't about the money for Favre. If it was, he'd stay retired and continue to rake in the cash from hawking Wrangler, Ford, and whatever farm implements he decided to lend his name to. If he really needed that new BMW, I'm sure Fox, CBS, ESPN, and the NFL network would fall over each other as they scrambled to offer him a TV deal.
Favre still has the desire to play the game, and no amount of money will change that (an early-season concussion, however, might speak a little louder). If these reports are true, Roger Goodell will have no choice but to reinstate Favre, since it is clear that the Packers don't want him, but also aim to keep other teams from having him.
All in all, this was a really shortsighted and phenomenally stupid gesture by the Packers' brass.
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