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)!
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Rather than an ethical lapse, it looks like a technical malfunction was behind Brett's brief "retirement," according to the blog of the football beat writer for the Green Bay newspaper:
http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080228/PKR01/80228187/1989
The writer said Favre may have something to say about his retirement plans, if any, next week.
Hi Clay: I guess you heard the news that Brett Favre announced his retirement on Tuesday. So the premature posting of his retirement on the Packers' website foreshadowed the real deal by a few days. Makes you wonder if the glitch last week was really a glitch or just an early headline.
Clay: Here is a link to the story how the Green Bay media covered Favre's retirement announcement:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003719255
And here is a link to Slate's take on why journalists love Favre. Do you agree?
http://www.slate.com/id/2185717/
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