Yes. However, wait for a decade to go by.

I don't think they need to wait a full decade, but I agree some time needs to pass. Give Brett one full season to actually stay retired and then re-evaluate.

Not if he wears Purple :) Seriously, if he were to walk away, as is today, I say hell yeah and I'll be first in line to attend that game/ceremony. But if I seem him in Purple at Lambeau, never ever ever.

If he does play for the Vikings, it will be very hard for me to say "yes", but even with all that - you can still not discount what he did ON THE FIELD for the Packers. He brought us out of obscurity and back into the limelight. He has been a royal prick the last year, but you cannot discount what he has done for 16 years prior to that.

Yes, but NOT until he decides whether or not he's a Packer when he goes into the HOF.

I couldn't help but laugh at the response after the third fourth self-righteous story in the last three days. Hell yes I want his number hung some day. He's not the one making this into a story. We all have. Just stop buying into this (mainly because bottom line is nothing seems to be happening-- why worry about it) and maybe ESPN will stop ruining sports center will these puff stories. Honestly, you really don't know what's going on. Railbird Central has ignored it and I wish EVERY packer blog would do the same. Stop contributing.

Enjoy the may weather and the Cubs revenge on the brewers tonight (effin' Braun). Enjoy the YouTube video of Raefer Alston pimp slapping Eddie House and hopefully, the follow-up pimp slapping of Rondo on Sunday.

Alright, I take that back. Boycott every story but this one:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/090507&sportCa...

"Favre: "Coach Holmgren? Willie Mays? Barbra Streisand? What are all of you doing here in Hattiesburg?"

Mike Holmgren: "We're here for you, Brett."

Favre: "To celebrate my return with the Vikings? I knew people still believe …"

Holmgren: "No, Brett. No. This is an intervention. We are here to get you to stop. We -- people who care about you -- are here to tell you that you still will be liked, still can be liked, if you just step away from the game. Please. Please just let it go.""

The HQ.net family voted an overwhelming 94 % for...NEVER !

Just like he shouldn't be bitter towards the Packers, we shouldn't be bitter towards him. His number should be retired for his past accomplishments, not rejected for his juvenile behavior in the present.

I think he has done too much for the organization not to, As much as I despise him for his juvenile behavior the last couple of seasons he has done a lot not even including his stats or wins but he helped put Green Bay back on the map and did alot for the game of football, I can safely say I don't think I would be a Packer fan if it wasn't for him.

So even if he becomes a traitor and joins the Vikings he still deserves a spot on the wall and on the ring of honour.

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<strong><a href="#comment-3529" rel="nofollow">Alex</a></strong>: There is no way you convince me this entire thing wasn’t a plan from the time he left Lambeau after the Giants game.

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Then you're paranoid and bitter. After a year's worth of hack reporting on this story, still nothing has really happened, yet you and a lot of other people are getting way to worked up on this.

Alex, I usually agree with you, but Favre wasn't planning on leaving the Pack right after the Giants game. When he came out of retirement and was told that he would not be just handed the team back, that's when he became angry and spiteful. What would be his reason for wanting out before that?

Yes. Eventually. But only after annual public announcements that they're thinking about retiring his number, for several years.
And then when they finally do retire his number -
Unretire it the following year!
And then re-retire it.
It's only fitting.

That would actually be kinda funny-- but it would never happen

I'm pretty sure that the Packer organization's plan is to retire Favre's number as soon as he is willing to attend the ceremony. Anything less than that would be seen as an insult, and it would make a lot of people--not just Favre--angry. There really is no middle ground for the organization here.

But if it was up to me personally, I would say: Let's think about it for awhile. Up until this most recent episode, I would've said that retiring his number is a no-brainer, but now I'm not so sure. It's disappointing, because I thought that in Favre we had a player for our own time who was right up there with the greats of the Lombardi era. Then he turned out to be just another weenie.

You're nuts, Alex.

Yeah. And Ted Thompson had nothing to do with it.

You guys are so transparent, it's disgusting.

What, no hatred for the swine TT for his hand in all this?