PRO SPORTS: NOT A GAME (Wizbang Sports)

For any of us under the illusion that professional sports is "just a game," here's another bit of evidence to dissuade you: MSNBC reports that Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre will play in tonight's game despite the tragic loss of his father only yesterday:

Brett Favre�s father died Sunday of a heart attack or a stroke while he was driving, Mississippi state police said. Irvin Favre was 58.

Favre went off the road at 5:23 p.m. near Kiln, the hometown of Brett, a three-time NFL most valuable player for the Green Bay Packers.

The decision is understandable--the hopes of an entire team, not to mention a city, rest of Favre's shoulders. But it's a sobering situation, to say the least.

Cross-posted on OTB

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