Greetings, everyone. Jason White here. (That's how a blog on USAToday.com referred to me yesterday, so I'm going to try to cultivate that pseudonym in hopes that all the you-hate-Brett-Favre Packers fan mail will go to him instead of me.)

OK, that probably won't work. But as I try to put into perspective all the attention the blog about Brett Favre's locker has received in the past 48 hours or so -- and yes, there's been some feedback accusing me of hating Favre, which I don't and which was in no way the point of the column, if you read it -- I can't help but wonder how it all happened.

In case you missed it, I blogged about Favre's locker still being intact in the Packers' locker room, and my opinion remains that it's unfair to Aaron Rodgers and would be better suited for the Packers Hall of Fame in the Lambeau Field atrium. The story was picked up nationally, in particular by ESPN, which made mention of it on radio (Mike & Mike, Colin Cowherd), TV ("NFL Live," "SportsCenter," "Around the Horn," "First Take") and the Internet (ESPN.com).

My personal favorite, though, was ESPN.com's Page 2, which has an interactive "Brett Favre Build-A-Shrine" where you can click and drag various items into Favre's locker.

Two things bothered me about all this attention, though. First, I've written about Favre's locker before, including in the Wisconsin State Journal almost a month ago from the post-draft rookie orientation camp. But ESPN and others seized on my opinionated piece here and ran with it, which gave me new perspective on when players tell me something has been blown out of proportion.

And second, it showed exactly how out-of-whack our priorities can be when it comes to what's newsworthy and gets the most attention in the sports world. While ESPN was going bonkers over the Favre locker story, Packers Pro Bowl defensive end Aaron Kampman was on his way back to Green Bay from Parkersburg, Iowa, where his grandfather had undergone surgery after being injured in the F5 tornado that hit the region Sunday, killing seven and injuring more than 50.

I was struck by the juxtaposition of how a real, honest-to-goodness human-interest news story got no attention from the self-proclaimed worldwide leader in sports while a silly debate about a cherry wood dressing cubicle once occupied by a now-retired great quarterback was a nonstop conversational fodder. (OMC reader Bill Markut had the same thought in an e-mail to me.)

Today's organized team activity practice is open to the media, and while I'm curious what the Packers' reaction (especially coach Mike McCarthy's and quarterback Aaron Rodgers') will be to all the hubbub the LockerGate created, I'm more interested in talking with Kampman about what he saw and how his hometown and the surrounding area will recover from the devastation.

I'll work on that story while Jason White provides you with any locker updates.