Live By the Media, Die By the Media

Oh, Brett Farve. Even I, the greatest Farve hater of them all, feel a bit bad for the man. On top of being summarily dismissed by the Vikings new head coach who stated today he sees no role for Farve on the Vikings next year - and in addition to the revelations of his penis picture texts to the hot Jets employee - in addition to being spoofed on SNL - in addition to getting thrown to the turf by a Buffalo Bills defender and injuring himself - in addition to missing the playoffs in the last year of his career - in addition to being begged by the news media parasites to not come out of retirement (again!) - it also now comes out that he is being sued by the Jets massage therapists for sexual harassment.

When it rains, it pours.

The irony, of course, is that Farve - especially in the 2nd half of his career - is mostly a media creation. In the past twelve years the man has a terrible playoff winning percentage, I imagine Eli Manning is better. He has thrown the most interceptions in NFL history and ended at least 3-4 seasons on mind boggling stupid interceptions. And yet, the media praised his "gunslinging" style and generally upheld the myth of Farve. And now, the media beast has turned on him and we all cringe at the headlines generated by Farve. Sexual harassment of massage therapists? Penis photos? Injuries. Poor bastard. But let's be clear: it's his own damn fault.