Brett Favre

Brett Favre is retiring. I think this is best for him and the NFL. I have watched in awe Brett play over the years and have nothing but respect for him as a player, however, Brett has become a shell of himself in the last few years and in my opinion should have stayed retired last year. One of the things that is wrong with sports is that Athletes are allowed to retire and unretire at will. STOP IT! I don't believe for one second when an athlete says they are retiring. Boxers, Baseball players, Basketball players, if you retire stay retired and enjoy your life. You earned it. Maybe the key is that they need to think long and hard about the decision before they go on television and make a spectacle of themselves. Maybe, the people that run sports have to say that if you go through the charade of retiring and you do not mean it, you forfeit your rights as a player and you have to take what you can get. This would mean anyone could sign you for whatever salary they see fit. This would probably stop most of the fake retirement speeches along with the tears that mean absolutely nothing. But, at this time the athletes rule over the sports so I don't see this happening anytime soon.