You don’t have to be a fan of football or the NFL specifically, to be inundated with news of Tom Brady, Jim Harbaugh, Aaron Rodgers, and Brett Favre. The fact that Brady and Rodgers seem to think their personal, off-field lives matter to us, is really tiresome. (For those with short memories, Favre played this game for the last few years of his stay in Green Bay-and honked off a lot of people).

The nature of players contracts in the NFL allows for the annual uncertainty as to availability of the aforementioned quarterbacks. It’s really a question of inflated egos. Successful quarterbacks, much like politicians, have to have big egos. However, that doesn’t make them any more likeable.

At least Harbaugh’s dalliances with the NFL v. college coaching is a more recent annoyance. He was never good enough to hold teams hostage when he was playing the game.

I’m not passionate enough about the NFL or any teams in particular to be offended by Rodgers and Brady’s dithering and posturing. Players in other sports negotiate this way as well, but the NFL is the most egregious transgressor. Pretending they actually care about family is truly offensive.

Maybe ten years down the line, Justin Fields will do the same thing to the Bears and Chicago. In the meantime, it’s all a lot of noise-no more pleasant that a classroom of 4th grade students before dismissal.

With Brady flunking this year’s postseason test, and Rodgers not even making the postseason, it would be nice to focus on the quarterbacks still playing. Of the remaining quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes is the only won with a Super Bowl ring.