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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hauschild" data-source="post: 246317" data-attributes="member: 1638">The way I see it is that I've got a year or two to follow Brett's final games and roughly 40-50 years left to follow the Packers after Favre becomes yesterday's news.The man's a living legend, pure and simple.  I've seen countless people who never watched an ounce of NFL football become rabid fans after having watched Brett Favre play.  I'd call that significantly inspirational.Look - Green Bay fields and NFL team in a city within a state I was born in.  What exactly makes a particular fan choose a particular team as "their" team?  Why do the majority of people from Wisconsin choose to follow the Packers when 99% of the players do not hale from Wisconsin?  Not only that, but 80+% of past and present Packers players would never consider living in Wisconsin if they weren't playing for Green Bay.  By the same measure you question my fanhood because I choose to follow Brett Favre in addition to the Packers, one would be justified in questioning the motives of these players.  After all, they take OUR money but don't care for the environment.  Should we all pick up torches and meet in the town square to conduct witch hunts???Again, I enjoy the hell outta watching Brett Favre conduct an NFL offense and couldn't care less which team he plays for, in the grand scheme of things.</blockquote>

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