How sad and sordid this whole Brett Favre-Green Bay Packer situation has become.

The he said-he said, the accusations of lying and misrepresentation, and the bitterness reminds me of my divorce (I kid, I kid).

Though perhaps most galling are the statements by Mike McCarthy that it is Favre’s mindset that is the real problem. That it is Brett who can’t get past his resentment.

The Packers have made it painfully (and publicly) clear for the past month that Favre is not welcome in Green Bay. And who knows how much longer Favre was made to feel unwelcome before that.

So if you don’t want the guy who led you to overtime of the NFC Championship game last year back as QB, the only three-time MVP in league history coming off one of his best seasons (and the only guy to lead you to the Super Bowl in the last 30 years), just say so. Just stop being disingenuous and suggesting that this is all Favre’s fault.

This whole affair is sapping me of my enthusiasm for a sport I have loved since childhood. And the prospect of Brett Favre in a Jets or Bucs uniform for his final seasons only serves to make me all the more sad.

Packers: Favre Appears Headed for a Trade (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Packers: Done with Packers, Favre Going to Bucs? (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Jets: Jets Try to Land Brett Favre, but Bucs Close In on Deal (Daily News)
Buccaneers: Favre Spoke with Gruden; Trade Talks Resume (St. Petersburg Times)
Buccaneers: 10 Reasons Favre Will Love Tampa (Tampa Tribune)
49ers: If Favre Lands in Tampa, Niners Could Be Interested in Garcia (The Press Democrat)
Vikings: Favre Saga Coming to a Sad, Strange Ending (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Bears: Packers Message Clear: Please Leave (Chicago Tribune)