Word leaking from Brett Favre-camp indicates that the quarterback will release a statement Tuesday saying he won’t play in 2010.

Fans on comment boards all over media sites are up in arms that he could hold the Vikings’ organization hostage like this.

Really?!?!?

This is the ride the team and the fans signed up for when Favre joined the Vikings a couple weeks before the 2009 season. And when he showed up he took the team and the fans on a helluva ride, finishing just a few yards and a couple minutes shy of the Super Bowl.

Newsflash, everyone. If Favre doesn’t play in 2010 it hampers the Vikings chances of making a similar run this year. But last year also doesn’t happen if Favre stays retired and Tarvaris Jackson starts at quarterback all year.

The developments coming out today should be a surprise to nobody. Favre was a diva three years ago. He was a diva two years ago. He was a diva a year ago. And he’ll be a diva a year from now.

I think there is still a 50-50 shot that he shows up to play in 2010. If he does, great. It will make the season much more interesting again.

If not, what do you expect? The guy is 40. He’s not going to last forever. His soap opera is annoying. But to be upset about it now is a bit ridiculous. You know going in what you are getting.

If he is gone for good, sure, it’s annoying that he waited this long to say so. But let’s keep this in perspective. The Vikings knew it was a year-to-year thing. The team should have done more to prepare for the possibility that he might decide to stay in Mississippi. Blaming Favre for doing something everyone knew he would ultimately end up doing is a little ridiculous at this point.

And at the end of the day, whether he plays or doesn’t at this point, he’s still succeeding in making the humdrum of training camp more entertaining. The craziest news thus far had to do with a Dallas Cowboys rookie wide receiver not carrying one of his teammate’s pads back to the locker room.

Now the media has some real pseudo-news to get excited about.