After retiring again for the 2nd time, Favre again returned the NFL, this time with the Vikings. Favre said in a press conference that his arm feels good and he would like to play again.

I don’t know what makes Favre decide that he is playing, he isn’t playing, he is playing, he isn’t playing now he is. Maybe it is just to get attention. Personally, I think he should have left the game on the high point of his career. I think now he is asking to leave the game because he is hurt, or sucks. I think he will ruin his legacy if he tries to play again. I want to see Favre vs. Vick. That is a sportscasters DREAM!!

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This story seems funny to me. I know many professional athletes are using twitter and facebook to create a fan base, because having fans sell tickets, and selling tickets gets players paid. But teams are not quite liking the fact that players are putting butts in the seats. Chargers have actually banned tweeting from within the locker. Shawn Merriman (@shawnmerriman) posted that he found a loop hole in the agreement and he is outside the locker room.

This story has even made it to ESPN. Bill Williamson said that players need to be careful-Big brother is watching.

I really don’t understand why send a tweet is such a big deal. I understand that the teams want to maintain some form of control within their compounds, but Merriman has 40,000+ followers on twitter. Than fan base sells jerseys, tickets, and other items and keeps the organization running. To restrict it is to restrict the money flow. I understand that sports is not all about money, but if there were no fans, there would be no sports. If I owned a sport team, I would recommend my players, especially high profile ones, to get onto social networking sites and start chatting.  It creates a feel of “knowing” a pro player. It puts butts in the seat and money into the organization. Fining a player for tweeting is crazy!

Last season, when San Diego’s star RB LT went down for the count, 5 foot 6 in Darren Sproles came in and did a 328 total yard game. He became one of the leagues premier running backs in one game.

And now he gets paid like one.

Sproles signed a one year deal worth 6.25 million dollars. The kid is only 25 years old! Not a bad raise at that age if you ask me (made a little over 1 mil last year). He now ranks with the average salary of star running backs as he should.

He becomes a free agent at the end of the year. My opinion is you drop the dead weight called LT and you give the little guy his chance to show the NFL what he can do. You let him go and rely on LT, you are going to watch him blow up on another team. Being a S.D. boy, I want to see him blow up here. LT is past his game. He offers a great mentor to Sproles, but when push comes to shove, I think Sproles needs to be our every down back.

What do you think?

Whether or not you believe in curses, they are kind of fun to follow. Here is a new one that has surfaced recently that I have been watching: The Madden video game curse. This curse causes anyone who is on the cover to get hurt the next year.

It all started in 2000 when Madden featured star running back Barry Sanders in the background of the case. Subsequently, curse or no curse, Barry Sanders did not play a single down during the 2000 season. Players soon started following that role:

• Dorsey Levens: Cover 2000. Bad new throughout season, and let go by the packs.
• Daunte Culpepper: Cover 2002-Knee injury, missed 5 games.
• Marshall Faulk: Cover 2003-After 4 1300+ seasons, ankle injury dropped is rush yards to under 1000
• Michael Vick: Cover 2004:  Broke fibular during pre season game.
• Ray Lewis: Cover 2005: Tore hamstring-missed half the season.
• Donovan McNabb: Cover 2006: After stating that the Madden curse was “A trend” and he “don’t believe in the curse at all” McNabb suffers a sports hernia in the first game of the seasons (do you hear me know….GOOD!)
• Shaun Alexander: Cover 2007: Broke book and missed 6 games during the season.
• Vince Young: Cover 2008: Hurt quadricep missed 2 games.

Here is my opinion: What Michael Vick did was in no way right, moral or OK. However, he has served his time-like any other criminal that has caused a crime. He should be allowed to play in the NFL again, purely on the principle. However, I also think IF he gets back in, he will NEVER be the player that he used to be. IN fact, the only reason he will get picked up is because of the press coverage. Not becuase he is Michael Vick-one of the best quarterbacks of all time.

That is my opinion-What is yours? Do you think Vick should play in the NFL? Will he be GOOD enough to play again?

  MSN sport writer Jason Whitlock writes the 10 truth no one wants to hear in the NFL. Want to know what number 7 is?

7. LaDainian Tomlinson will never start another game in a San Diego uniform.

 
Don’t expect to see L.T. donning those powder blues next season.

Man, this is a bad day for me. LT and Peyton Manning are two of my favorite players, but I have to keep it real.

LT’s injury saved the Chargers. With a healthy LT, Sproles never gets his chance to dominate the Colts. Darren “Seabiscuit” Sproles is an every-down back. Yes, he’s small, but the Biscuit, like the legendary undersized thoroughbred, is made to run with the big dogs.

I’ve been watching Seabiscuit make fools of bigger men ever since he starred at Olathe North High School, 20 minutes from my home. When he signed with Kansas State, I had my doubts. He put a clown suit on me and everyone in the Big 12.

What he did to the Colts on Saturday — 328 all-purpose yards — did not surprise anyone who saw him play in high school and college. The Biscuit is off the chains.

LT should be on the trading block this offseason. He’d be a wonderful addition to the Patriots.

Time to speak out Charger fans. Tell me what you think. Being an SD boy, I am going to send your opinion to Mr. Whitlock.

GO CHARGERS!!

Is anyone else getting sick of hearing about all the doping issues on professional sports? I understand the bigger, faster, stronger principle, but what happened to hard work? Has sports become so competitive that people NEED to take steroid and performance enhancing drugs?

And what is with the witch hunt? Steroids are so bad in sports, sports like the NFL actually have scientists that work on this stuff? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Personally, if you want to fix baseball, cycling, football, hockey, track and field, and every other sport that has ever had doping problems (TABLE TENNIS ANYONE?), instead of suspending those accused of the infraction, why not kick them out of the sport all together? I can almost guarantee you there are athletes that are in great shape in the farm systems that DO NOT dope. They are working hard for a chances, but there are those professional athletes that have the advantage are taking their sport. Kick them out. Make the only way they can get in is after a year (or longer) of living clean, a public apology, community service then a try out. If a system like the above is put into place, you will weed those players out of the sport, and only those who truly just want to play will be in the game.

What do you think? Am I way off on this? Is there really no hope?

What is your opinion on this? Should the 49ers persue Rice for president?

Any sports fan have heard about the whole green bay packers vs. Brett Favre story. Favre retired, but wants to play again, and Green Bay will not release him.

MSN reported this morning that Favre could be in a Tampa Bay uniform as early as this weekend.

There has been numerous editorials about Favre and his retiring/not retiring/retiring/not retiring. Most of the writers are saying that he needs to retire.

I love sports. There is something about sports that show the good in people. It shows heart, determination, and will. A guy like Brett Favre epitomizes what sports is all about. Not just an amazing athlete, but a role model. He gives kids all around the world something to work for. To look up to. To create a dream and a goal for themselves. Now he is giving late 30-somethings the same attitude. I know that my dad sees Farve on sunday, and gets inspired to work out. I know my dad will never become an athlete, but if Brett Favre can be such a great athlete at his age, then my dad knows that the least he can do is to get of the couch and onto the treadmill.

Let Favre play. He loves the game and cannot stay away. Is that a bad thing? I don’t think so. Let me know what you think. There are so many opinions running around the world about Farve and his ability to play, I know you have an opinion. Speak Up.
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After long making rules changes designed to increase scoring, NFL owners reversed course this off-season by allowing the use of defensive helmet transmitters. Now, coaches can use the 25 seconds given to them to rely the play to their defense.

First, we allow the refs to use replay to see if they got the call right. Now, we allow coaches to actually talk to players during the game. Where is the purity of the game? What happen to the nitty gritty of the sport? There was a time when players didn’t even wear faces mask! It was a true game. Now we are not even making the players remember plays. They now get their hands held during the game.

I am interested to see what these transmitters will do in a packed house at Green Bay. Lets see how effective they truly are..

What do you think? Will transmitters take away from the game? Or will they improve it?