Waaaa. Waaaa. Waaaaa.

Someone call the freaking wwwaaaammmmbbulance.

When it comes to spoiled rotten athletes, 2008 has not disappointed.

We’ve dealt with Manny Ramirez and his tirades as a member of the Boston Red Sox.

Then, Chad Johnson. Or should I now say, Chad Ocho Cinco? This guy is flat out weird. To me, he is the Dennis Rodman of the NFL, but that’s a different blog entry for a different day. He wanted to be traded from the Bengals and then he didn’t and then he did and then he didn’t and now apparently, he loves being a Bengal.

Then, Brett Favre cried and cried and cried about how the Packers wanted to move on when he retired, and if he wanted to come back to play for Green Bay, he’d have to be a backup or compete for the starting job.

Now, this.

Daunte Culpepper is retiring from the NFL at the age of 31. Apparently, him carrying a clipboard and being a back-up waiting to get into the starting position and making 1 million dollars a year just wasn’t his bag…baby.

Here is his one of his quotes from the Associated Press article on his retirement.

“Since I was not given a fair chance to come in and compete for a job, I would rather move on and win in other arenas of life.”

A fair chance? A fair chance?

Holy guacamole. What does this guy want?

He had his chance. Three times. Three times. THREE times.

If he wasn’t such a poor quarterback, Culpepper wouldn’t be complaining. Ryan Leaf knew he stunk. Joey Harrington and David Carr are both awful, but we never hear them complain.

Culpepper just doesn’t get it.

Once Randy Moss left Minnesota, Culpepper was god-awful. Once Culpepper went to Miami, he was horrendous. Once Culpepper went to Oakland, well…they were still the Raiders. This guy has had his chance and if he wanted a starting gig, I don’t see why he wouldn’t stick it out in Chicago or go back to Minnesota since both teams desparately need help at quarterback.

Those teams probably wouldn’t have paid him the money he was looking for. After all, he is Daunte freaking Culpepper.

This guy says he wanted to compete for a job and didnt get his fair chance, but I think we all know that he didn’t even want to compete. He wanted a starting position handed to him. When he found out he wasn’t going to start, he bailed. End of story.

This sounds familiar from the Brett Favre saga this summer. Favre wanted to be the starter after retiring and after the team moved on. He didn’t like it, so he bailed and became a Jet.

The only difference between Brett Favre and Daunte Culpepper is that Favre didn’t depend so heavily on one primary receiver to be a good quarterback. Culpepper did. When Moss wasn’t there, Daunte wasn’t Daunte.

Not in Minnesota. Not in Miami. And definitely not in Oakland.

He could have gotten a starting job eventually, too. If he had just waited.

Look at a guy like Kurt Warner. Doesn’t complain. Doesn’t whine or moan about not starting. He just plays. He is supposed to be backing up Matt Leinart, the Cardinals QB of the future, but Warner was named the starter over him. That could have been Culpepper as a Bear or as a Chief or as a Viking.

Instead, he just chooses to bail because he wasn’t given a fair chance.

Give me a break.

Good riddance, Daunte. I, for one, won’t miss you.

Have fun winning in your other arenas of life. Have fun eating your waaaaaammmmmburger along with your french cries.