Many athletes have displeased some of their fans when they “unretire”. These athletes have been great players such as Brett Favre, Roger Clemens, and Allen Iverson.

Favre, who had a great career with the Green Bay Packers, announced his retirement after the 2007-08 season and even cried during his press conference. However, in August of 2008, he signed a contract to play for the New York Jets. This seriously shocked and angered Packer fans, since Favre was such an important player to them. This also showed how fake his crying was in his press conference. He retired from the Jets in 2009 and then later in the year signed with his current team, the Minnesota Vikings.

The 2008-09 football season was incredibly capped off by an amazing game winning catch by Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes that won Super Bowl XLIII for the Steelers against the Arizona Cardinals. The final score was 27-23 in what was an unbelievable Super Bowl, and, what some may say, the best Super Bowl ever. The victory made it the sixth Super Bowl championship for the Steelers which is the most for any team to win.

After the Super Bowl was the offseason, which for the Steelers meant resigning many of the important players that helped them reach the Super Bowl victory, such as signing wide receiver Hines Ward to a five year contract extension. In the draft, they drafted defensive end Evander “Ziggy” Hood to help bolster a defense that includes James Harrison, James Farrior, Casey Hampton, and LaMarr Woodley.