Do Us a Favre

What does Johnny Roosh think of Brett Favre donning the Purple?

Thanks for asking.

First off, I lost interest in the Vikings after the (…I’m getting emotional) 1998 season, which was poised to be the payoff for childhood memories of four forlorn Super Bowls. If the Vikes want to skip town because I won’t take money off our dinner table and put it into a stadium for the big boys, so be it. I could give a rip.

But, from a businessman’s point of view, if Favre’s tired bones can fill the seats with a choir of beer-swilling, profanity-prone fans and actually make some money selling tickets and selling out so I can tune in for the last quarter, I’m all for it.

Alas, if history teaches us anything about the Vikings, they will find a way to screw this deal (if it happens) and Brett Favre’s career will defy the odds by apending a prologue even more embarrassing than the the would-be, should-be final chapter that is last year’s season with the Jets. Favre’s story could have eneded on a high note.

He does look good in Purple though.

8 thoughts on “Do Us a Favre

  1. You can have him. Used to like the Vikes when they played in the snow.

  2. As my Cheddarhead friends have reminded me, that’s not *actually* a Vikings jersey. Also, as the new stadium (should it ever be built) will have a retractable roof, we fans of the Purple can at last enjoy watching teams from the warmer parts of the country forced to do jumping jacks on the sidelines to keep warm again.

    Assuming whoever’s coaching the team is as hard-nosed as Bud Grant used to be.

  3. Roosh, I can’t understand why building a stadium for the uber rich prima-donna players and the prima-donna owner would bother you, it’s the economic paradigm you’ve embraced everywhere else. Put 1000 people to work at minimum wage so that 1 person can live super-well, and subsidize it all with taxes to hyper-concentrate the wealth even further. Nice work if you can get it.

    Anyway, back to the point, I hope he plays here for two reasons, first, it probably would be a good fit, and he’s a helluva player on a decent team.

    Second, it would piss off Wisconsin, and that’s ALWAYS a good thing :).

    BTW, speaking of prima-donnas, did you see your hero (or is it Mitch’s, you guys are so alike) – Keifer Sutherland got busted for being just a wee bit over the top?

  4. Jim McMahon, Steve McMichael and Dave Osborne all finished their careers with the Packers. It won’t matter much if Favre finishes with the Vikings. I’m a lifelong Packer fan (grew up 30 miles from Green Bay) and it’s not worth getting too upset about it.

    The more interesting question is this: who will be the NFL equivalent of Trevor Berbick to Favre’s Muhammad Ali?

  5. penigma said:

    “I can’t understand why building a stadium for the uber rich prima-donna players and the prima-donna owner would bother you, it’s the economic paradigm you’ve embraced everywhere else. Put 1000 people to work at minimum wage so that 1 person can live super-well, and subsidize it all with taxes to hyper-concentrate the wealth even further. Nice work if you can get it.”

    Is this “penigma’s understanding of capitalism”? If so, that’s sad.

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