‘Trade Brett!’ ad is a big hit with vandals

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Cheeseheads don’t just grumble when you insult Brett Favre. They throw red paint. A “Trade Brett” billboard that went up in Wisconsin this month has been defaced by unknown vandals, ruining what was probably a teaser ad from Topps, the trading card company. (Earlier this spring, a “Trade Barry” ad went up in San Francisco that turned out to be a teaser for Barry Bonds trading cards. This is probably the same deal here.)

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