Like a 10-year-old boy who can’t understand why someone is bullying him, I will open this column in a thoroughly immature and childish way.

Brett Favre sucks.

While maintaining professionalism should be high on my list of priorities, I am just following in the footsteps of my boyhood idol and letting juvenile emotion control the way I act.

As reported by ESPN’s Ed Werder Tuesday afternoon, Favre will be meeting with Minnesota Vikings’ head coach Brad Childress sometime this week to discuss a possible return to the NFL wearing an ugly purple color. Earlier this week, the New York Daily News reported Favre wanted to suit up for the Vikings because he is bitter toward Green Bay, specifically general manager Ted Thompson.

Well, if Favre can be motivated to make a life-changing decision based on a petty emotion, I can at least be justified in writing an angry column.

First, let us look at the facts.

Admittedly, Favre did have a really hard time in Green Bay. He won three MVPs and a Super Bowl with the organization, made tens of millions of dollars and became an infallible icon for most of Wisconsin and John Madden.

What a tough life.

He must have tasted freedom from all of that oppression when he went to New York. With the constant media and fan scrutiny, failure to make the playoffs and the general embarrassment No. 4 suffered as he fell apart physically at the end of last season, who wouldn’t want to experience that again?

Apparently though — if Ed Werder’s report is true — Favre is just hopping mad about the way things ended with the team that made him a legend, and he wants another shot to stick it to the Pack twice a year.

This begs the question: What did Thompson say to a grown man that could incense him so much?

Did Thompson insult Favre’s mother? Make fun of his Southern accent? Compare him to any Chicago Bears’ quarterback of the last 20 years? Seriously, I would pay ridiculous pay-per-view boxing prices to hear what Thompson said that was so offensive.

Or maybe, just maybe, the little kid Favre (usually used as a compliment to the man) couldn’t handle that the NFL is a business. You figure he would understand that by now seeing as this business paid him more money than he knows what to do with, but I can’t think of another rational explanation. Favre thought he was golden forever — and in many fans’ eyes he couldn’t do wrong no matter how many interceptions he threw. But Thompson made a decision he deemed was best for the organization he was in charge of, and once Favre announced Favre’s retirement, Thompson held Favre to Favre’s decision.

And to be clear, the “business” decision to go with Aaron Rodgers for the future was overwhelmingly the correct one. As much fun as the “will he, won’t he retire” dance was, the Packers desperately needed to go a different route (read more on this from my Feb. 18 column, “Favre leads packers to one final victory”).

Glossing over the fact he is a washed up quarterback who can’t have success without very good offensive personnel (have fun with him Vikings fans, he will break your heart like he did when he was a Packer), Favre has crossed a line in the minds of any rational Packer fan.

When he first kept us hanging all summer as he contemplated quitting for good, it was exasperating. When he decided to un-retire it was a little annoying. When he whined about Thompson, it was petty and embarrassing for his supporters.

Now, he is nothing short of Benedict Arnold.

There is nothing wrong with Favre wanting to play again. It may be irritating, but I accept that he likes to change his mind on his football career.

There is something very wrong, however, when he takes a perceived slight (emphasis on perceived), and uses it as motivation to get back at the Packers, and more importantly, the Packer fans who supported him through his record amount of interceptions and repeated playoff failures in the last 10 years (3-7 record over his last 10 postseason games).

Favre (and possibly his agent Bus Cook) are either very naive, very arrogant or completely apathetic to the absolute mess his reputation will become if he signs with the rivals to the north.

Favre used to be known for the candid, down-to-earth way he spoke about football.

Let’s hope the next time we hear him is at his Hall of Fame induction speech.

Michael is a junior majoring in journalism. Pissed at Favre? Are you still somehow inconceivably a supporter of Favre? Let Michael know at [email protected].