What do you call someone who announces his retirement from football and is playing five years later? Tiki "Brett Favre" Barber recently announced that he plans to come out of retirement to again play in the NFL. The Virginia alum retired after the 2006 season at the not-yet ripe age of 31 while he was still seemingly in the prime of his career. What I wonder is just how valuable Barber is as a player. The man incessantly seeks attention, and he routinely called out teammates and coaches to the vicious New York press during the last few years of his career. He even had the gall to question Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin's ability to lead the team. How did the quarterback-head coach tandem respond? You might recall that the Barber-less 2007 New York Football Giants went on to defeat the previously undefeated New England Tom Bradys in what surely was the biggest Super Bowl upset to date. The Giants achieved greatness while Barber was off searching for attention as an analyst for NBC.
Now Tiki wants it all back. He was quoted shortly after his retirement saying, "I saw this video of O.J. Simpson once, and his kids came running at him and he couldn't even pick them up. So I can see that if I play three or four more years, like everybody wants me to, that could be me. But when I'm 50 years old, and I'm having trouble just getting down the stairs, will they be cheering for me then?" The answer was and still is a resounding no. But Barber is not so much the family man his quote would lead you to believe. And it's not the love of the game that is bringing him back. Barber, once a promising aspiring reporter, got the axe from NBC after he had an affair with an intern. What Tiki needs is some fast cash. Barber must continue to support his four children and pay for a divorce with his wife Ginny, who was pregnant with twins at the time of the affair.
So now the question must be asked
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