Green Bay, Wis. ? Brett Favre sharply criticized the way the NFL handles substance-abuse problems Wednesday, a day after teammate Koren Robinson was suspended for the season, apparently because of a drunken driving charge.

“I don’t like the way the league has, in my mind, turned their back on him,” Favre said. “I’m not against banning him for the year. I’d love for him to play, but to boot him out, clean his locker out and say you can’t have no contact with this team?”

Favre, who entered the NFL’s substance-abuse program during treatment for an addiction to painkillers in 1996, said it didn’t make sense that the policy bans his teammate from the Packers’ facilities “and the support group that can help him.”

NFL spokesman Michael Signora said the league had no comment.

The league’s policy includes a stipulation against consuming alcohol while participating in its substance-abuse program. Robinson apparently violated that before being arrested Aug. 15, when police said the receiver’s blood-alcohol content was 0.11 percent, above the legal limit of 0.08.

He pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of drunken driving and fleeing police in a high-speed chase near the south-central Minnesota town of St. Peter.

In the eyes of the NFL, the difference between Favre’s case and Robinson’s was Favre sought help under the league’s substance-abuse policy and voluntarily entered a treatment facility after suffering a seizure while in the hospital for ankle surgery.

Favre wasn’t subject to punishment, only periodic drug testing used for treatment. He also complained after treatment about being banned himself from drinking when he was in the NFL’s program, though he made a conscious effort to quit drinking to prolong his career and be a good family man.

Still, Favre said the league’s decision on Robinson didn’t seem to be in anyone’s best interest.