BRETT FAVRE IS STILL AN ASSHOLE, AND THE JETS STILL SUCK

Well, it's August and that means that FOOTBALL is back in full effect, and it's about time. College and NFL teams are putting the finishing touches on the teams they'll be bringing out to the field next month, and as usual, hilarity is insuing.

Here's some especially interesting topcis as we inch closer and closer to the start of the 2010 football season:

1. Brett Favre is still an asshole.
So the annual "Is Brett Favre Gonna Retire Or Not" game really started back in January when the Saints knocked off the Vikings in the NFC Championship game. Everyone immediately wondered if Brett Favre, who at age 40 had just completed arguably the best season of his career, would retire (again) or come back to play another season. Brett's 40 years old (which is ancient in football terms), and he's had issues with both his shoulder and his ankle for the past few seasons. If Brett wants to hang up the cleats, no one in the world would fault him. After all, he's won a Super Bowl, and he holds just about every record that a quarterback can hold in the NFL. He's aging, he's got nagging injuries...retirement kind of makes sense. On the flip side, no one can fault Favre for coming back, if that's what he wants, either. As I said, a year ago with the Vikings, he had maybe the best overall season of his career, and he was one game away from getting to another Super Bowl.
So why is Brett Favre an asshole?
BECAUSE HE WON'T MAKE UP HIS MIND!
We're less than a month away from the first regular season game and he hasn't even told his team whether or not he's coming back. Here's why that is important: With Brett Favre, the Vikings are a Super Bowl pick. Without Brett Favre.......they're not. Not really, at least. Especially not if they don't know until the first week of the season.
Apparently last week he sent text messages to his teammates telling them he wasn't coming back. Then after he got a bunch of responses from his teammates begging him to come back (not to mention an offer of $20 million just to play THIS SEASON from the team) he now says he doesn't know yet (again). 
I think he's using his wishy-washy-ness to manufacture a pay raise
BRETT MAKE UP YOUR MIND! DO YOUR TEAM AND THEIR FANS A FAVOR!

2. The Jets still suck.
If you know me, you know that I hate the Jets more than any other sports franchise that has ever existed. Maybe more than any existing thing that has ever existed. So I am absolutely loving the ridiculousness coming out of Jets camp these days.
Last season everyone was singing the praises of Jets CB Darrelle Revis. And for good reason, as he was easily the best CB in the league. No one could get anything past him, he was amazing. Jets coach Rex Ryan boasted week in and week out that Revis was the best defensive player in the NFL.
The problem? Now Revis wants to be PAID like the best defensive player in the NFL. Currently, Revis is refusing to show up to Jets camp until he gets a new, more lucrative contract. (He wants a contract that will pay him at least $0.01 more than the currently-highest-paid CB, the Raiders Nnamdi Asomugha).
The problem?
4 years ago, when Revis was drafted by the Jets, he held out in order to get the contract that he is currently playing under. Oh, by the way, that contract still has 3 years left on it.
Let's recap. In 2006, Revis held out of camp until he got the deal that he wanted from the Jets. Now, in 2010, Revis is holding out AGAIN until the Jets give him a new one, when he still has 3 years left on his current one (THE ONE THAT HE FOUGHT FOR).
Derrelle Revis: You're an asshole, too.
The funniest part is watching the Jets organization scramble around over it. A year ago the coach was calling Revis "the best defensive player in football," and even a week ago he was talking about they were certainly going to miss "the best corner back in the game."
Suddenly today, coach Ryan came out and said they don't need Revis and they're fine at CB. Hmmmm....trying to coax him back by deflating his ego? I doubt that one's gonna work.
Stupid people playing stupid mind games. You can't write this stuff.

And this is why I love football.