Favre to stay retired (updated)

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

The irony is that he's exhibiting many of the same traits we have long admired him for-that won't quit, give it all you got until you can't give anymore...and then give some more spirit that made him a fan favorite and helped propel his consecutive games streak

I see what you're driving at, but in this case I think that might be a bit of a stretch. Yeah, maybe he doesn't want to quit. But is it because he just wants to play football, or because he has ulterior motives involving the Packers?

I think his agenda has been totally self-centered for the past 2 years, and IMO these kind of antics don't qualify as "give it all and then give some more spirit."

What I'm basically thinking is that, at this point, it's no longer simply the love of the game/winning that's driving him. And if I'm right, he's no longer the football player I once revered.