A Cure for Boredom

***One of the silliest photos I've ever seen, Vikings head coach Brad Childress driving Brett Favre from the airport to practice on Tuesday.***

Pro sports bore me, at least compared to the level of invigoration they use to bring me. Leagues want parity, and they've set the system up to achieve it. In other words, every team sucks. Boring. "Defense wins championships." Boring. Athletes in it just for the money and fame. Boring. Fans in it just to be "seen" at the game. Boring. The Minnesota Wild. Borrrrrrrrrrinnnnnnng, and a classic example of how leagues and owners and all have forgotten what pro sports is: entertainment. The reality is pro sports don't matter except for their entertainment value. Lose that, they border on utter insignificance.

So everyone is dissecting the whole Brett Favre thing. He's a narcissist. He's too old. He just didn't want to endure training camp. He's a traitor. The Vikings are dumb, stupid move.

Huh?

Dude is an entertaining athlete. Now, in the interest of disclosure, I will say this. I like the Vikings. I root for them, but when the game is over--win, lose, or draw--I forget about it. It's three hours of my week, nothing more. I've met Tavaris Jackson a couple times, I like him, he's a nice, articulate man, and soon he will be an ex-Viking. I like Brett Favre. I speak of on the field, I gave up on Sportscenter and its soap operatization of sports and athletes long ago. I don't care about Brett Favre off the field. But man, dude is entertaining on the football field. Scrambles, interceptions, Hail Marys, et al. You don't have to like him, but there's something wrong with you if you don't find him entertaining. Now, in the Vikings case, they have been a boring team since Childress took over, save for Adrian Peterson. Tavaris Jackson is a boring quarterback. Sage Rosenfelds is a boring quarterback. Brett Favre is entertaining, win, lose, or draw. He puts asses in the seats. He is what fans deserve in return for putting down $100 for a seat. It doesn't matter if he's too old, doesn't want to participate in training camp, won't help the Vikings, or you think he's a punk-ass. He'll make us laugh, smile, and/or roll our eyes and throw stuff more in one game than most quarterbacks will in a season. My kind of athlete.

Now all we have to do is get Randy Moss back . . . that would be some serious entertainment, as sports are meant to be.