Long Ago, Favre, Favre Away . . .

And so, having ended the football season with 19 interceptions, shoulder, foot, and head injuries, and a scandal of Tiger Woods proportions, NFL legend Brett Favre has announced that it's time he hangs up his cleats.

Again.

Well, I would agree that it's time to call it quits. For being such a huge sports star, Favre has shown us all how to go out with a fizzle.

But given that this is his third time "retiring", the track record shows that he may decide to hobble back onto the field next year, ball in one hand and cell phone in the other.

Why? The money? The camera time? The opportunity to meet chicks? He's already made a name for himself, not only through his long-past glory days, but also by combining Michael Jordan's retirement flip-flopping and Tiger Woods' loving ways. What more blood could he possibly squeeze from this withered, worn-out pigskin turnip?

It's a matter of doubt now whether any team will want him at all. When he signed on with the Jets, he was still a coveted asset. When the Vikings got him, they had hope that his stint with the Jets was just a bad year. Now it's apparent that he's a washed-up has-been.

But hey, if he decides retirement just isn't his thing, and some sorry team decides they want him, he could make history once again as the first QB with a walker.

And he might start a movement to switch NFL play to flag football, since contact sports don't seem to be agreeing with him these days.

It could be interesting.