Yickit: Its not a word...yet » Green Bay Packers http://yickit.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:27:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-beta2-19181 Vikes at the Pack-Nest http://yickit.com/vikes-at-the-pack-nest/ http://yickit.com/vikes-at-the-pack-nest/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:00:34 +0000 eschapp http://yickit.com/?p=427 Vikings are visiting the Packers tonight on Monday Night Football.  Here’s hoping that Jared Allen welcomes Aaron Rogers to the NFL with a sack.

Kickoff: 6:00 CDT; 7:00 EST

Go Vikes!

]]> http://yickit.com/vikes-at-the-pack-nest/feed/ 0 Print – Brokering a Peace Agreement . . . in the NFL http://yickit.com/print-brokering-a-peace-agreement-in-the-nfl/ http://yickit.com/print-brokering-a-peace-agreement-in-the-nfl/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:01:49 +0000 eschapp http://yickit.com/2008/print-brokering-a-peace-agreement-in-the-nfl Continue reading →]]> Here’s the story by Kevin Seifert1 over at his ESPN NFC North Blog: ESPN – Packers president gets involved – NFC North.

The notion that NFL team presidents are flying around the United Statesbrokering peace deals with disgruntled players seems strange to me. If the NFL is the “world” and the Packers are a country in that world, lead by their “president,” what does that make Brett Farve: A city-state? A rebellious territory? Is Brett Farve trying to secede from the union? I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell must enforce this peace deal: he is the United Nations of the NFL2. Granted the “Brett Farve coming back from retirement but the Packer’s brass does not want him” story plays out as a civil war for Packers fans everywhere.

I never thought about personnel problems in political terms before, especially in the context of professional athletes. I wonder if this article is being influenced by the current political circumstances and situations in American culture. And if so, will we see more sports articles drawing on political metaphors in the coming months?

  1. Formerly of the Star Tribune’s sports section. ↩
  2. Or is he Switzerland? I forget. ↩
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