Lee Remmel is a true Packer Legend, in every sense of the word. And his career trajectory is every Packer bloggers dream. (Start out covering the team, become a well respected voice when it comes to the Green and Gold, and then have the Packers offer you the job of Head of PR. Brilliant.)

Remmel has one of the greatest quotes I’ve ever read regarding the Packer-Bear rivalry. (It comes courtesy of a great piece from Sunday’s New York Times. Read the whole thing, it’s a pleasure.)

Remmel says:

I don’t despise the Bears, I respect the Bears…They are one-half of what I consider the greatest rivalry in professional sports.

That, dear readers, is called class.

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According to the AP, a federal jury ordered the NFL Players Association to pay $28.1 million to retired players after finding the union failed to properly market their images. The suit was brought by Packer Legend & Hall of Fame cornerback Herb Adderley on behalf of 2,056 retired players who contend the union failed to actively pursue marketing deals on their behalf with video games, trading cards and others sports products.

Adderley, 69, played cornerback for the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys and appeared in four of the first six Super Bowls. He appeared every day in court wearing his yellow “NFL Alumni” sports jacket and wept when the jury’s verdict was read.

“I won three Super Bowls and this feels better than all of them combined,” Adderley said immediately after the verdict was announced. “I always felt I had one big play left.”

“We felt we had to send a message that the union needs to represent and protect all its members,” said Susan Smith, part of the 10-person jury that voted unanimously in favor of the retirees. “We felt the players’ union didn’t do that.”

I first read about the case in early May of this year when the judge allowed it to go forward and reported on an AP update in October at the fan forum. Shame on the players union for not representing ALL of it’s members. Oh wait did I say protect it’s members? I meant executives protecting themselves -

Lawyers representing Adderley and the retired players told the jury during the three-week trial that the union actively sought to cut them out of licensing deals so active players could receive bigger royalty payments. As proof, the retirees pointed to a 2001 letter from an NFLPA executive telling Electronic Arts Inc. executives to scramble the images of retired players in the company’s popular Madden video game, otherwise the company would have to pay them.

EA’s Madden game contains 143 “vintage” teams populated with no-name players that closely resemble Adderley and other retirees. Yet only active players received a cut of the EA deal, the union’s largest, which surpassed $35 million for 2008.

So instead of doing your duty to NFL History as a 59% of the total revenue gatekeeper - you..Mr./Mrs. (put name of NFLUPA Executive of your choice) decide it is more important to hold the line on precedent (whilst taking a nice cut) and forego such unreasonable long term strategic goals as educating a new generational class on the breadth and sweat and history of the sport…not to mention an untapped resource in the marketing potential of older players who helped establish the modern era’s success. It’s the shortsightedness of it that makes me sick. The NFL will only survive if it remembers it’s history, always - the more that is taken for granted and greed is allowed to drive the train - the more it squanders the opportunity to be sustainable. It is no coincidence that it was a Packer (and Dallas) Legend who had to lead the charge to shock the sytem. Kudos to Herb Adderley and all of the men of the “vintage” NFL who made the current NFL what it is today.

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Nothing scary about the main news today that there is a new franchise quarterback in Green Bay because it’s official.

So here’s the scenario - Scott Wells, Aaron Rodgers and Greg Jennings and families/entourages trick or treat Mike McCarthy house tonight.

Will Mike McCarthy and family have candy when they show up? Or will he be like Mike Holmgren from Halloween past?

Still priceless. Thanks Packone for the reminder.

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For the record Packer Bye week sucks.

It does give me chance to watch the Jets vs. Chiefs and Brett’s 3rd INT of the game.

Just want to say congrats to Brett for being #1 in the NFL.

Tied with a Packer legend of a different sort. J.T. O’Sullivan.

BTW- before we stop posting Brett Favre articles, I posted a link on the forum to this pretty good Jets blog. It is more inclined to have Interview audio because Jets.com does not make it freely available.

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According to Mike Florio at Pro Football Talk ESPN has issued the following internal memo “Hot List” smoking gun type thing:

Under the heading “DO NOT REPORT . . . DO NOT REPORT . . . . DO NOT REPORT . . . DO NOT REPORT” (um, we get the point) appears the following:

“Yesterday, FoxSports reported that Brett Favre spent 60 to 90 minutes before the Week Two game between the Lions and the Packers educating the Detroit coaching staff regarding the Packers’ offensive strategies. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY RELIABLE SOURCES THIS REPORT IS NOT TRUE. We did NOT report it yesterday. Today, the NFL responded to the report, saying even if Favre did this he did not break any league rules. We are NOT reporting it today, because that would mean airing the erroneous report. DO NOT REPORT IT.”

Questionable tactics by the same Network that gives you Tony Kornheiser.

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I feel sorry for Jets fans.

Jay Glazer, Leroy Butler & Gilbert Brown audio links below. (hattip Packers Lounge Twitter)

Jay Glazer is sure about Favre calling Detroit.

I don’t go with anything unless it’s right. Absolutely dead on accurate. I am money on these things and I don’t go with things unless I get em right from people directly involved with them - 3 sources - I can tell you I have it on this..

The Gravedigger has some things to say as well.

Until you hear from the horse’s mouth, why are we sitting up here, ready to kill a guy…Let him be a man get on the phone..let the man get up and defend himself first

Aaron eluded to this yesterday but here is the original #36 Leroy Butler himself getting back to what matters. The Packers.

You think we’re talking about this now..there’s some other stories….this is the smallest one…

I love controversy..I like the fact that it’s news, but I just don’t like the fact that it just superseded what the Packers did, because I read the newspaper today…I counted Brett Favre’s name like 55 times, and then Aaron’s name maybe 3, Nick Collins 2, Rouse 1, I mean…

…All the Brett Favre apologists…I’m waiting…

While these audio clips are a must listen, they pale in the face of Nick Collins and Aaron Rouse breaking 67 year old records.

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Nearly 7,000 friends on Myspace. That’s right. It’s not a typo. If you use Myspace and read this blog you should friend us here. Make sure to type “CTV Blog Reader” so I can immediately add you to the ranks of our top friends.

So with almost 7,000 friends you figure there may be some opinions out there on the latest Favre drama. Here are comments, bulletin comments and messages left for us at our Myspace page.

Here is my initial Bulletin post:

Brett Favre - say it ain’t so

Did he call the Lions?

We got the latest in the newest saga. If true he is definitely tarnishing his legacy.

Bulletin Comments:

These are messages and comments sent regarding the same Bulletin post:

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