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Sports Editor Rob Reischel to appear on VICE TV's 'The Grudge'

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Submitted by MTT News on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 11:03
Finger Publishing Co. Sports Editor Rob Reischel will appear on VICE TV's 'The Grudge' to debate Brett Favre vs. Aaron Rodgers./Photo courtesy of Mia Reischel

Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers?

Green Bay Packers fans could debate that topic until the end of time.

Back in the summer of 2008 — when the Packers opted to trade Favre and turn things over to Rodgers — the Favre vs. Rodgers debate divided Packer Nation like never before.

Finger Publishing Co. Sports Editor Rob Reischel — who has covered the Packers since 2001 for several media outlets — will appear on the television show ‘The Grudge’ to discuss the Favre-Rodgers debate.

‘The Grudge’ is a new weekly show on VICE TV, and the one-hour Favre vs. Rodgers episode will air Wednesday, April 9 at 9 p.m. CST.

There are 12 episodes in the series, and each episode unpacks one of sports most intense personal or team rivalries.

The series explores the egos, history, and high-stakes drama that turned ordinary interactions into unforgettable battles. The episodes dig into the grievances between teams and top sports personalities.

The Packers traded Favre to the New York Jets on Aug. 7, 2008 and made Rodgers their starting quarterback. Reischel was given the assignment of being pro-Favre, and arguing why moving on from Favre was the hardest and most controversial decision in team history.

“Brett Favre was one of a handful of people who saved football in Green Bay in the 1990s,” Reischel said. “The Packers were a dying franchise back then. They had one playoff win in a quarter century when Favre arrived. No one wanted to play in tiny Green Bay, Wisconsin.

“So when the Packers traded him, it was like the Red Sox trading Babe Ruth or the Beatles kicking Paul McCartney out of the band. It’s easy to sit here today and say trading Favre was a ‘no-brainer’ because Rodgers has gone on to have a Hall of Fame career himself. But nobody knew that back in 2008, so trading the greatest player in franchise history (Favre) was incredibly risky.”

Reischel was interviewed more than four hours on the subject at VICE TV’s studios in New York last November. Other episodes of the show will include Shaq vs. Kobe, Brooks Koepka vs. Bryson DeChambeau and Pat Riley vs. The New York Knicks.

Former Green Bay Press Gazette reporter Dylan Tomlinson was asked to be the pro-Rodgers panelist.

“It was a lot of fun,” Reischel said of taking part in the show. “I could talk about Brett Favre all day — just ask my family.

“Favre led them to a Super Bowl win, another Super Bowl appearance and won three MVPs. Plus, he was the most entertaining player of my life — in any sport. Top to bottom, he had a better career than Rodgers. So being the pro-Favre guy was right up my alley.”

Reischel currently covers the Packers for Conley Media in Milwaukee and for the national website Forbes.com. Previously, he covered the Packers for nearly two decades for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Packer Plus.

Reischel has also written eight books about the Packers, including best sellers “100 Things Packers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die’, ‘Leaders of the Pack’ and ‘Packers Pride.’=

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