Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre leads a pigskin soap opera
Brett Favre is Green Bay. Plain and simple. The Super Bowl-winning, three-time MVP quarterback is worshipped in the home of the Packers ? even following an official retirement in March. Now, with Favre asking to be released from his Green Bay contract as part of a possible return to the gridiron, the city’s fans have divided. Guests: Jerry Watson, owner, Stadium View Sports Bar in Green Bay, Wisc., and Rick Stratton, the Green Bay Packers blog packerbackerblog.com.
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