[NU Sports] Mark Murphy statement

[MHRJGScott at aol.com]

Having crossed the Rubicon 
 
I am afraid he lost everyone in Wisconsin (except Madison) with a reference  
to classical literature.
 
 
In a message dated 8/3/2008 5:13:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com writes:

STATEMENT BY PACKERS PRESIDENT/CEO MARK MURPHY---Sixteen years after  Brett 
Favre came to the Packers, he is returning for a seventeenth season. He  has 
had a great career with our organization and although we built this year  around 
the assumption that Brett meant what he said about retiring, Brett is  coming 
back. We will welcome him back and turn this situation to our  advantage. 
Frankly, Brett's change of mind put us in a very difficult spot. We  now will 
revise many actions and assumptions about our long-term future, all  predicated 
on Brett's decision last March to retire. As a result of his  decision, we 
invested considerably in a new and different future without Brett  and we were 
obviously moving in that direction. That's why this wasn't easy.  Having crossed 
the Rubicon once when Brett decided to retire, it's very  difficult to 
reorient our plans and cross it again in the opposite direction -  but we'll put this 
to our advantage. Brett will be in camp tomorrow. Although  there has been 
uncertainty regarding Brett's return, Ted Thompson and Coach  McCarthy had 
previously discussed this and have had a plan in place. Coach  McCarthy will talk 
to the team and the quarterbacks about the plan moving  forward, and after he 
has done that we will share it publicly. No matter what,  I look forward to 
another successful season for the Packers and our fans. This  has been a tough 
situation, but the Packers will make the most of  it.


W. Weinbaum
N.Y. Bureau  Producer
212-916-9864

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