Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti has always been mildly irritating, but I haven’t been exposed to him enough to be truly bothered by his shenanigans.
Well, that changed today when Mariotti (and his oddly-coiffed eyebrows) invaded the “Pardon the Interruption” set to act as co-host with J.A. Adande. The duo discussed the news that Brett Favre may return to football and Mariotti went on this rant about how everyone is sick of Favre’s tease. He brought up his boy Michael Jordan and said that he never teased the public with his retirement.
I don’t know what’s worse, Mariotti’s inane comment or the fact that Adande didn’t call him on it. Michael Jordan retired… three times. How is that not a tease? Sure, when he said he was going to retire he did walk away from the game for a year or two, but he came back twice. How is that better than what Favre has done? At least Favre’s struggles with the thought of retirement are understandable. He didn’t walk away in the middle of his prime and waste a few of his best years trying to play another sport. This all started when Favre had a bad season or two and people started to question his ability. Then he comes back last season and has a MVP-caliber year.
Why can’t people understand that this is a difficult decision to make?
