The Green Bay Packers won't be retiring long-time quarterback Brett Favre's number anytime now because of fears that the future Hall of Famer will be booed by their fans.
According to Packers president Mark Murphy, per ESPN.com: "I don't anticipate having him retire a number this season, in a game this year. We have very good relations, and very good communication, but I don't anticipate that this year."
Murphy admits that the team fears that Packers fans won't be as cordial to Favre, who played for 15 seasons with the franchise. There are is still some fans who are angry at the quarterback who left the Packers in 2007 to join the New York Jets and then the rival Minnesota Vikings at the end of his 20-year career.
"That is an issue. He doesn't want it and neither do we," the Packers chief executive said. "He wouldn't want to come back and get booed. You can't control 80,750 people. ... I really think as time goes on, every year that passes, it's less likely that he would get booed, but that is an issue."
Still, Murphy hopes that the team will retire Favre's jersey No. 4 before "The Gunslinger" is inducted into the Hall of Fame which is expected to happen two years from now. He bared that Favre was to visit the Lambeau Field last year but schedule problems got in the way.
Favre's former understudy and now Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is one of those who have been pushing for the team to retire Favre's number.
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