In Favre's Favor: Delayed Retirement
By BRETT ARENDS
WSJ
Maybe we should all take a leaf out of Brett Favre's playbook.
Not the last-minute interception: The delayed retirement.
The veteran 40-year-old quarterback just led the Minnesota Vikings to the conference playoffs–and within a whisker of the Superbowl–at an age when most of his peers have either faded to minor teams or hung up their cleats altogether.
Mr. Favre first toyed with retirement two years ago, before choosing to stay in the game. He's now halfway through a two-year deal with the Vikings and is reconsidering whether to come back next season, following Sunday's pounding by the New Orleans Saints when he limped off the field with bruises, cuts and a sprained ankle.
(More here.)
WSJ
Maybe we should all take a leaf out of Brett Favre's playbook.
Not the last-minute interception: The delayed retirement.
The veteran 40-year-old quarterback just led the Minnesota Vikings to the conference playoffs–and within a whisker of the Superbowl–at an age when most of his peers have either faded to minor teams or hung up their cleats altogether.
Mr. Favre first toyed with retirement two years ago, before choosing to stay in the game. He's now halfway through a two-year deal with the Vikings and is reconsidering whether to come back next season, following Sunday's pounding by the New Orleans Saints when he limped off the field with bruises, cuts and a sprained ankle.
(More here.)
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