IMO, the Brett Favre/Michael Jordan retirement charade is less embarrassing than what Isaac Bruce is going to go through this year. Here's a guy who was a legend with the Rams, and had a great chance to really just cement himself as a staple for the city of St. Louis for decades...and then he goes and signs with division rival San Francisco. What if he toasts them for 5 TD's this year or catches the TD that vaults San Fran into the playoffs over St. Louis? When they honor him or retire his jersey in St. Louis, will they boo him off the field?
And it's not really his fault. Rookie contracts, eating up the damn cap space, are partially to blame.