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SportsBrett Favre Asks Packers to Release HimBrett Favre Asks Packers to Release HimThe Associated PressBrett Favre is eyeing a return to the NFL, but it apparently won't be with Green Bay. The longtime Packers quarterback is asking the team to release him so he can come back with a different team. (July 11)Brett Favre wants back in the NFL, but it apparently won't be with Green Bay. The 38-year old quarterback wants to come out of his 4-month long retirement and the Packers have made it clear, they want to move forward without him. So Favre is asking his longtime team to release him so he can return with a different team.The Packers released a statement saying it will do 'what's right' in response to Favre's request.The Green Bay quarterback retired March 6th. But it wasn't long before he began dropping hints that he was having second thoughts.The Packers says Favre now has the right to petition NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to be reinstated.Then he'd be added to the team's active roster.The Packers' statement does not specify what the Packers will do after that. Trading Favre is another possibility.

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Uploaded: July 11th, 2008 @ 8:25 pm
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