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Ok, so Brett Favre was set to retire today, atleast that is what Green Bay's official website had said (Packers.com). However, they recently took that off the website, and now team officials, according to profootballtalk.com, are denying that he will retire. Now, personally, I think Brett Favre is a great quarterback, a hall of fame quarterback, but maybe it is time for him to retire. I am tired about hearing his name every off-season (like Roger Clemens) and about whether he will come back or not.
The ethical problem here is whether the Green Bay Packers should have posted the story on their official website or whether they should issue an official denial if it is not true. And if some "hacker" got into it and posted it, then they need to come forward and say that. Otherwise, NFL fans like myself are going to wonder whether the story really is true and the team is unwilling to come forward with the truth.
Thanks to Profootalltalk.com for providing the website image (that lasted online for only a shortwhile)!
So for some reason today I was watching Cold Pizza on ESPN (basically just a bunch of guys with inflated egos talking), and I heard Skip Bayless make another brilliant comment!
He was talking about Dallas Mavericks Point Guard Jason Kidd, whom the team recently acquired from the New Jersey Nets. Bayless was talking about his performance in a game last night, and he said Kidd had an "A" performance in the first half, but a "D" performance in the second half. Ok, so all is fine, right? Nope. Then, according to Bayless, the "A" and "D" performances equals a "C-" average. What?!?! I thought he might of been kidding, but he wasn't. Now, I'm no math wiz, but I'm pretty sure an A and D average does not equal a C- average, considering that in the NBA, time is the same for all quarters and half, so one half will not be "worth more" than another. It would be like two 100 point tests, and you get an A on the first, but a D on the second, but your teacher says that he will take the average of those two tests for the final grade, and he comes up with a C-. I'm pretty sure you'd be upset...
This was nothing too important, just once again why ESPN needs to stop trying to hire for entertainment by bringing the Skip Baylesses of the world and hire people who understand sports. Anyone that has followed Skip Bayless knows that he pretty much hates all Ohio teams unless they are doing really well, then he may hop on the bandwagon. For example, Skip said last year that LeBron James was "overrated." Of course, soon after he said that, LeBron scored 48 points in game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which includes being responsible for 28 of the last 30 points scored by the Cavs. They were down 2-0 in the series before winning 4 straight to move onto the NBA Finals.. This year, Skip, finally seeing the light, is now praising LeBron. It's probably because he is finally understanding how ridiculous he sounds and that he is not really a journalist..
If you've heard anything about Skip Bayless, and would like to comment, please do!
Apparently, Brady Quinn's girlfriend was with him during the alleged incident, according to the AP story that was put on Cleveland.com (see "The Denial" Link Below).
"In a statement released Wednesday through the Browns, Quinn said he had dinner on New Year's Eve with his girlfriend and other couples but that nothing else happened."
If that's true, don't the writers at the Plain Dealer have an obligation to inform the readers about who was with him? Really, would Brady Quinn had shouted the "f" word at gays in downtown Columbus if his girlfriend was with him? I think, more likely than not, he would not have. In my honest opinion, I think guys will tend to act a lot better if their girlfriend was with them. Again, not saying that the allegations are not true, but I am more skeptical today than yesterday. Does The Plain Dealer have an agenda for leaving out this bit of information in its original story? Probably not, but one has to wonder why that little detail was not published. After all, this incident happened over a month ago. Clearly, the Aaron Marshall (PD Reporter) had the time to get all of his facts straight. We will see what happens from here.
Ok, so if you know me, you know I am a huge Cleveland Browns fan..I have been a huge Browns' fan my entire life. I also went to the same high school as Brady Quinn (Dublin Coffman), graduated two years after him, and the same year as one of his sisters. So maybe I will not be completely objective in my analysis of this new story that has come up on Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer).
Apparently, Brady, along with some of his friends, were driving in downtown Columbus on January 1st (with Quinn apparently under the influence of alcohol), and were around a gay bar, where they were shouting some pretty awful things apparently to those who were just outside of it. Now, the person who made the allegation, Seth Harris, called 9-1-1 and said that Brady and his friends were looking for a fight. If that's true, then of course it was perfectly fine to have some outside help (as in cops) to stop the situation. My problem is that Harris may be looking for his 15 minutes of fame, if Quinn and Co. were not aggressive.Why call the cops if they were only yelling stuff at him? As a runner, I hear some pretty awful things said at me, but I will not call the cops. And Harris apparently could recognize Brady Quinn in his car, which leads one to wonder if this is a case of trying to get attention on a star athlete, thereby forcing him to settle a dispute (as in a cash settlement) so it doesn't hurt Quinn's career.
I believe innocent until proven guilty, so I want to give Quinn the benefit of the doubt, but it is still very possible that Harris is telling the truth..only time will tell.
Quinn released a statement, saying that the allegations were not true.
Here's a question I have for the Plain Dealer: Why wait over a month after the incident happened to finally report it? The question is..should the paper have come forward earlier, if they knew about this? To me, the timing seems a little weird. And the fact that the Columbus Dispatch never reported this story leads me to wonder if there is more behind the Journalist's pen that meets the eye...
The Denial:
http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2008/02/browns_quinn_denies_altercatio.html
The Story that first broke earlier today:
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/02/brady_quinn_part_of_rowdy_grou.html
There is audio in the second link, if you want to listen to the 9-1-1 call...
