The Most Consecutive Games Played Record Comes to an End

Ladies and gentleman; children of all ages; breaking news: Brett Farve's record of consecutive starts has come to an end at 297 games. In a previous blog entry, I discussed how Farve had talked about possible retirement due to an injury. I also included that, in my opinion, he was choosing not to retire primarily because he wanted the recognition as the player with the most consecutive starts. So now that he has decided to end that record, will he finally choose to retire?

In this past season alone, Farve, who is 41 years old, has played through elbow tendentious and a broken foot. But Farve couldn't manage to play Monday night from an injury in his shoulder that caused numbness in his throwing hand. Farve said, "I won't play again if I can't feel my hand. I think it would be foolish to even consider playing if you don't have total feeling in five fingers." Wouldn't some say it is foolish to play with a broken foot and other injured body parts, though? I feel like he is trying to prove that he is being responsible about the situation by taking as seriously as it needs to be taken. However, this maturity was never seen in the past when he had to decide between sitting out for a serious injury or continuing his record; what's different about this time?

Brett Farve's body is probably begging him to just retire already. Think about how many injuries he has had in his last 19 years of play; his body has been broken down and torn apart and all he has done has pumped his body with drugs, wrapped it up, soaked it in ice and continued to focus on the record that he knows he will be known for. Some may call that dedication; but dedication to what? He's not necessarily doing it for the good of the team so is it simply him being conceded? We will have to see how this all plays out. But based on his previous actions, I don’t think he will retire until he cannot physically throw a ball anymore.