Madden at Brett Favre

Disclaimer: Even f you're not a sports fan...cuz there are people like that in the world...I've met you (singular)...you should still read below...cuz you're probably a videogame fan.


Brett Favre.

You've heard his name at some point this summer.

Legend. Quarterback. Country Boy. Celebrity.
And also on the cover of Madden 09, WEARING A PACKERS JERSEY, which hit stores today.



Now seriously. Whose idea was it to put, not only a RETIRED quarterback, but a retired quarterback who un-retired and joined THE JETS, on the cover of the most popular sports videogame franchise to date?

That poor man...and let's face it...it had to be a man...thought he had a stellar shot at a promotion. He thought he would cash in on some post-retiree depression and sell more videogames for EA, boosting his career from marketing manager to marketing vice president.

Or maybe it was nobler than that...he was pouring one out for his homie. His homie that was still alive.

Picture this: Bill Gates returns from retirement, takes Steve Jobs' place
as the head of Apple, and then Forbes puts him on the front cover wearing a t-shirt with the Windows logo ironed on the front.

It's not that bad but it's close.

Because the Madden cover also involves a supposed curse...Read here if you care.

Here's my proposition...no professional athlete should be allowed to declare their retirement until the beginning of their preseason practices. It's too much to handle.
Sure they want to retire...until all their friends are too busy to play Halo cuz they're back in training camp doing bearcrawls.
And on that same line...there should be a 5 year window before any retired athlete can be put on the cover of a sports game, just in case they pull an MJ ("Michael Jordan" for the gamer-only).

Okay...got that out of my system. Now I can go back to the Olympics and watch Michael Phelps try swimming a race with 8 gold medals around his neck...