Just Go Away Already

July 15th, 2009
Miami Beach, FL

So it’s been a month between posts. Part of it’s laziness and part of it’s that the summer months aren’t the most interesting in the world of sports for Mr. Black. Baseball doesn’t really matter until August and outside of a few major trades/contract disputes the NFL isn’t too interesting.

But in the lull of sports called the Major League Baseball All-Star Break, one little news item caught my attention and brought me back to the keyboard.

Brett Favre.

Brett, we all know you want to stick it to the Packers. We all know how important it is that you can “give it your all” and how important it is to “make the right decision.”

We also all saw you fail miserably last year with the J-E-T-S. JETS! JETS! JETS! Then we all saw you run like hell after ripping apart the organization and costing Mangenius (#1 on the list of unfortunate nicknames in sports) his job.

So take note: You are no longer the lion in winter, the graybeard that represents the old school who does things right. You’re just another “look at me” athlete with an ego too big to survive without the cameras. Take a look and read this next paragraph slowly.

We don’t like you. Most of the fans never have. The fact that Chris Berman loves you is a pretty good clue no one else does. You never deliver in the clutch, throw too many INTs and should have left four years ago. So please, exit stage left. Now.

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