Favre brouhaha continues

MILWAUKEE – Brett Favre says he’s tempted to show up at the Green Bay Packers’ training camp that begins July 27 just to call the team’s “bluff.”

In the second part of an interview with Fox News, the 38-year-old quarterback said he knows his arrival in camp would cause a media circus.

“It’s tempting just to, as everyone said, you know, call their bluff or whatever,” Favre said. “I think it’s going to be a circus in itself already, whether I go there, whatever.”

But, Favre added: “I don’t want to go back there just to stick it to them.”

The interview on the show “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” was broadcast Tuesday night.

Favre, a three-time MVP, said he feels “a little bit” bad for would-be successor Aaron Rodgers and insists he doesn’t want to be a distraction to his teammates.

“I like my teammates,” Favre said. “I had a lot of fun with them. I have talked to numerous guys throughout this whole ordeal. I wish them the best, I really do. I don’t want to make it any worse than it is.”

And right now, it’s pretty bad. Favre and the Packers appear headed toward a messy divorce after Favre demanded his release last week. The decision blindsided the Packers.

“This is an ongoing situation,” team spokesman Jeff Blumb said. “We’re working through it, and we’re going to do the right thing.”

Team officials have been careful not to criticize Favre, instead laying out a detailed timeline of their off-season dealings with him. The team hopes that fans would understand why the Packers wouldn’t be willing to abandon their off-season plans with Rodgers just because Favre changed his mind.

Favre conceded that the latest in his long line of reversals on his football future has been tough on Rodgers, the Packers’ first-round pick in 2005.

“The one thing in this, I do feel bad for Aaron a little bit,” Favre said. “I think he’ll do a fine job, to be totally honest with you, I do.”

That said, Favre doesn’t seem inclined to take a back seat to Rodgers.

“We’ll pay you $12 million, but you’ve got to hold the clipboard and ball cap?,” Favre said. “That’s probably better for them as opposed to letting me go somewhere and me coming back.”

Would he go into camp to compete for the starting job?

“Why?” Favre said. “That’s what I would ask them: Why?”

Asked if he is 100 percent committed to playing in the upcoming season, Favre gave a qualified yes: “Where is a different story.”