Brett Favre Story Meant Only to Distract Vikings

October 11, 2010   ·   Darren Grossman   ·   Jump to comments

I am one of the rare people in this country who always believe that people are innocent until proven guilty. 
So when I first heard the story about Brett Favre, the first thing I did was go online and read different articles about the story and situation.
A few things stuck out to me: First, Deadspin.com PAID more money than they ever have for the information, and the information was from a third party—anytime someone pays for information, I always question its validity. 
If you pay someone to tell you something, it is always at least possible they will take the money and tell you whatever you want to hear.
Second, Deadspin acknowledged that the texts may not have been from Favre. 
So if Deadspin.com is not sure that they are valid, then why should we, the public, believe that they are valid? Also, why are they reporting that they are from Favre if they do not know themselves? Again, that just seems odd to me.
Third, there are two othe...

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