OK, technically that is neither breaking nor news. But don't tell the newshounds at ESPN, who are in a full Favre feeding frenzy. After all, why else would anyone watch ESPN during the summer other than to see 10-year-old football highlights?
Sportscenter is in its second month of wall-to-wall Brett Favre coverage, and I'm beginning to think it's a bit of overkill. Yes, on Monday night ESPN did devote two hours and 37 minutes to Favre-watch, but they did get to interview their NFL experts again and again and again, with the same questions and answers, and finally got the scoop that apparently a five-hour meeting was held between Favre and the coaches, with nothing resolved. That was well worth the wait. And it's not like there's any other news in the world of sports, like baseball pennant races, or NFL training camps with actual active players, or maybe even the biggest sporting event in the world about to start in Beijing. (Oops, that's on another network and therefore does not exist.) Nahhhh, give us more archive highlights of some guy who won only one Super Bowl in 17 years and is the NFL's all-time leader in interceptions. Geez, what would the media reaction be like if Brett Favre was actually a successful quarterback?But in all seriousness, ESPN's Favre obsession has gone over the edge and has fully entered the realm of parody. And that's never good for news credibility. Get some perspective, ESPN, and wait until there IS news before reporting "news."
Thankfully we may be getting to the end of the road -- by later today Favre may be traded and there can finally be some actual news to report. But God help us if he goes to the Jets. Favre in a major market, just a hop, skip and a jump from the mothership in Bristol, would be insufferable.
On second thought, there has been a bright spot about Favrefest '08 -- less time alloted for Yankees and Red Sox stories!
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