The Up Side of Favre Goes Beyond the Throwing of Footballs

by Elgar on Jul 2, 2009 1:19 AM CDT Comment 6 comments

Dave Myers has written the following article on Favre for the LaCrosse Tribune, which discusses Favre's legacy and the things he brings to the table which go well beyond his future Hall of Fame resume. The author brings up some points that I haven't seen outlined elsewhere with as much clarity.

Here is the link to it: http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/07/02/sports/00myers.txt

While Myers main audience is in Wisconsin readers, his words have a much broader context and interest. His main points are that Favre wants to play for Minnesota, the Vikings want him to sign him if healthy, Favre's legacy belongs to Favre, since he's the one risking his body in continuing his career, and that Favre brings with him the opportunity for increasing revenues for the Vikings and the NFL in terms of ticket and jersey sales and publicity, which reminds us that it is called "professional football" because the NFL is a commercial enterprise and not only has to bring a sport to the fans which they will enjoy, but must also make a profit in doing so, in order to continue the operations of all its franchises.

Whatever Favre can and cannot still do between a kickoff and the end of the game, Favre is important as a means of making money.

Without income, there are no future Minnesota Vikings.

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Star power

is very important for the NFL…and for a vikings team that needs a new Stadium…you would think a young man like AP could do that for the team….but in these tough times the Vikes need all the help they can get.
I am not and have never been to Minny….I have been a fan of the Vikings and only them for over 40 years….It just would not be right if for some reason the team were moved…they belong to and in Minnesota. I just hope that #4 can be the driving interest for the residents of the state to figure out some way to keep the team were it belongs. And hope the NFL and Zig will work harder to find a way to build a stadium with less public funds, in Minnesota.

by vikefan1969 on Jul 2, 2009 6:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

unless they want to move the vikings to arkansas so i can see them play every week. i’d only be agreeable to this if they kept the name ‘minnesota vikings’.

on second thought, everyone here would probably try and change the mascot to some kind of pig so nevermind.

by iseepurplepeople on Jul 2, 2009 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Downside for Farve

My question is this. Should a missed playoff season for the Vikes keep Farve out of the HOF? If you look at the entire body of work as the commentators are always saying should it not hurt someones chances to get in if they hang on too long? He started out as a very irrattic ball slinger with a rocket arm. Developed into a Probowl caliber QB with irrattic games. Now he is finishing his carreer with very irrattic play and a diminished arm. Last year he had a damn fine running back tandem a serviceable group of receivers and a good offensive line and ended up folding down the stretch. If he does the same in Minnesota which I suspect he will it should cost him HOF votes. Defenses are going to be teeing off on the right side of our line again this year. Farve is going to be reacting to seeing 300lb linemen baring down on him and slinging interceptions all around the field because he can’t scramble like he use to. If we finish 9-7 or 8-8 he should pay for it with his name because that is all he is riding on right now anyway.

by bleedingpurplesince74 on Jul 2, 2009 11:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

lol. The word ridiculous should just about sum that one up.

by dsludo on Jul 2, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

absolutely! ridiculous! we don’t need the guy and it’s ridiculous that we’re assuming so much from a beat down has been.

by iseepurplepeople on Jul 2, 2009 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What does that have to do with the HOF? Don’t waste my time little kid.

by dsludo on Jul 2, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Afraid you’re not getting much response from that post. Just look up Farve’s stats sometime! Tomorrow’s the Big Day!

by rollerball on Jul 2, 2009 12:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

roller, it would be unlike favre to make any announcement on a slow news day (friday). My guess is that he celebrates the 4th with his family in peace. Then somewhere between Monday the 6th-Wednesday the 8th, it all goes down.

by dsludo on Jul 2, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, right down the drain.

by iseepurplepeople on Jul 2, 2009 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Favre's a 1st ballot HOF no matter what

Brett has brought to much to this game to not make the HOF, just look around this site and see how many Viking fans hate him, and hate him with a passion. Why? Because of his play on the field against us and leading his former team GB to many victories over us. I have always respected Favre the player and hated Favre the Packer. I felt Marcus Macauly should have been cut for giving up the record breaking TD (for TD passes) to him, and especially on our home turf. I personally had mixed feelings about him coming here but after weighing the pros and cons, I would not be disappointed if we sign him. He would bring a lot of much needed experiance for our offense and his age (40) is not going to stop defenses from respecting him.

by nmvikesfan on Jul 3, 2009 12:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs