Favre vs. LeBron: Tale of the Hate

Not even close. Brett did not screw over his fan base in Green Bay…he was basically forced out. But I am happy that the T-Wolves could help Queen James get to South Beach by taking Beasley off their hands.

I would disagree with many of you that Farve hand a heavy hand in his leaving town all those years ago, but that’s a different tale for a different post.

Mr. Thompson put it best why Lebron was a bigger dick. At least we Packer fan got some tears, whether real or fake. We got a competent replacement at the very least. We have a promising future.

The Cavs just have a bitter owner and dark days ahead. All this from not only their hero, but their native son. That’s harsh.

I’m suprised this is even on a Vikings blog.
Lebron isn’t 1/100th of the man Brett is. The only similarity is ESPN’s 24/7 coverage. People think Brett is a diva like Lebron simply because they are tired of reading about him. Brett didn’t screw anyone over.

as young as he is, LeBron could teach Favre alot about arrogance and ’diva’ness. Favre could teach him alot about being a team guy instead of an ‘I’ guy.

LeBron ran out before he gave Cleveland anything more than hope. He’s looking to surround himself with as much talent as possible in hopes of winning more rings than Michael. That’s the only way he’ll have ANY chance of being considered the greatest. Not gonna happen IMO.

But one correction. Favre didn’t end the NFCCG with a “game ending” interception. It caused the game to overtime, just like an incomplete pass and a missed field goal would have. But now we’re just getting into semantics.

If I was in their shoes, Favre or LeBron, I would do whatever suited my interests. Anyone would in their position.

That being said, Favre didn’t have an hour long TV special when he became a Viking. The ESPN thing was ridiculous and really rubs Cleveland’s nose in it. Again, for LeBron it is still all good, since more exposure can’t but increase his income.

I still love Randy Moss, even though he is not a Viking anymore. I just don’t get the hate part of it.

he was from cleveland, that is a double punch to the groin.

Say what you want about Favre, they never developed a whole TV special for his announcement. Yeah, I give you Favre and the longevity angle, but did Favre ever call ESPN and ask for a TV show?

James wins the ESPN category just for that one alone, IMHO.

I can’t believe he didn’t go for the 1.94 billion deal that the Knicks offered him.

How about five more years of Brett Favre with the Vikings for 1.94 billion. That would be worth the money.

This was well done.

I’m not sure we’ll ever see an athlete ever rape a city harder than Lebron. That was so uncomfortable.

Ask 100 people where they would rather live: Cleveland or Miami.

I think LeBron is the king douche right now. Its one thing to leave the Cavs and move on via FA…that is his prerogative and right. I get that angle. But to string it along to the last possible day and then to announce it with your own friggin ridiculous 1 hour special on ESPN is a whole new level of greed and arrogance.

The analogy you made is a fair one though as LeBron has now treaded into Favre territory in the media hog spectrum. I half expected Favre to make an announcement at about 7:55 that night to try to trump LeBron. THAT would have actually made me laugh. Favre’s situation was quite different but they both went out of their way to maximize their exposure in getting what they wanted taking little thought toward the fans that stuck by their side for many years.

Now the Cavs fans have a taste of what the packer fans went through all those years ago…I already saw pictures of LeBron jerseys burning, people swearing their asses off about how awful he is, etc. I think the backlash is even bigger and more national with LeBron though because he might have had an even larger “casual observer” following. Everyone wanted to see the kid do well cause he seemed such a nice genuine kid and we all watched him grow up and play for a small market local team. He has shown his true colors now…people have turned on him. I am curious to hear if he starts getting booed everywhere now instead of cheered for!

Is the question #1:“Which legendary athlete stabbed his insanely loyal fan base in the back in an unnecessarily drawn-out and humiliating fashion?”, or #2:“Who pulled the bigger a-hole move by leaving his team?”? I have seen answers to both questions without mentioning which question they were answering. The fact is that both questions have very obvious different answers. #1 is Favre without question and #2 is LeBron without question. This shouldn’t need to be explained.

Once again, We the Fans, indulge in the imagination that loyalty is a significant factor once contract time comes around. That’s nice, and understandable, but naive.

Where’s the loyalty when owners decide that it’s in their best interest to drop a player who they decide wants too much money or might not perform well the next year? It isn’t there. Owners and coaches make their decisions based on what’s best for the team, and for their revenues.

It would be stupid for players not to be just as mercenary in their approach. They should go where their careers will be most enhanced (which means either promotion or money or both). That’s in their best interest.

I can’t agree with either poll question.

The Packers traded Favre, for a third round pick.

So really you can’t “blame” anyone but management for him leaving. Case closed.

Who continue to basically say the fiasco was Favre’s doing and no one else. I am so sick of Packer fans who think they can come on here and use their blinded rationale and put a guy who at the very least helped put Green Bay on the map into the same category of a LeBron James.. I am so sick and tired of listening to Packer fans and other football fans who keep saying Favre held the team hostage with his indecisiveness. You come on here and bash a man who doesn’t get into trouble, doesn’t rape women, doesn’t fight dogs, doesn’t cheat on his wife , plays to have fun, plays every game even when he is hurting and you want to put him in the same category as James? And why is money even brought into the equation? Christ, look at what Peyton and Brady is going to be paid. Look at what RIvers, Eli Manning and others are getting paid. Favre is a bargain for a player who has played every game for almost 20 years. I am just so sick of seeing Packer fans who rooted for this man and probably celebrated their arses off when GB won the SuperBowl bash a man all because he can’t decide fast enough for you. And when he does make a decision, then realizes it was the wrong decision, changes his mind and wants to play again. I can guarantee there is not one person here who made a decision and then stuck with it. The fiasco was a product of 2 entities not agreeing on one thing. Thats it. You want to hate him, fine. But don’t bring this garbage that you know everything and what you hear is what really happened. Don’t come on here put the man down because you are a Packer fan who was supposedly spurrned by Favre. I was a Packer fan and I know just as much as you do. You have a right to have an opinion. But don’t spew garbage that can’t be proven other than “this is what this person said or what that person said” or a conclusion that you have come to. We will never know the complete story behind this all. And I really don’t care. I have moved on and I am sure plenty of others have moved on. Why can’t you? You also say TT and McCarthy didn’t owe Favre anything? I say Favre didn’t owe them anything either. The Packers will be fine. The Vikings will be fine. Favre will be fine. Rodgers will be fine. The world will continue. I have given up blaming the other side because quite frankly, what does that do? I mean what does my opinion really matter. Even if I had all the evidence, there would still be sides to pick and honestly, I have more important things to worry about. So from a former Packer fan to the current Packer fans. GET OVER IT. Oh, and drop the whole “he went to the division rival” BS. Favre wasn’t good enough to get his starting job back, why worry about where he goes? Sharper and Longwell didn’t get half of the backlash Favre got. I wonder why……..

“Who screwed over their former fan base more?”

Isn’t that kind of a “how often to do you beat your wife?” question? It implies negativity no matter what, its a given in how the question is phrased that both guys screwed their fans, the only distinction the poll is asking you to make is which dude was the bigger a-hole.

I can’t even vote in this poll, given how the question is worded.