Favre Faxes Reinstatement Letter to League Office

[Da Schwab]

per Yahoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_ ... s_favre_44

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Brett Favre has faxed his reinstatement paperwork to the NFL and is awaiting approval from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, league spokesman Randall Liu confirmed Tuesday.

Once Favre is granted reinstatement, a step considered a formality, the Packers will have 24 hours to release the star quarterback or return him to their active roster. Green Bay general manager Ted Thompson has said the team will not release Favre.

ESPN first reported that Favre sent the letter earlier Tuesday.

Looks like the circus may get a bit bigger in the next few days.

[hermes]

faxed? brett got no email?

[bigrich88]

interesting. I cannot wait to see how the Packers respond. As a Packer fan i feel bad for Rodgers because of the circus he is going to now have to deal with later in the week.

[SportsWorld]

Who the hell is Brett Favre?

[cowboys4life]

Brett is back!!!!!!!!!!!
Well Packers it looks like its time to make a decison about him now

[Pats19andO]

Id keep his rights but not play him

[Wizards2Lottery]

He has single handedly made it impossible to watch any sports show, NFL Network or listen to a sports radio broadcast.

I really hate Brett Favre.

[hermes]

Id keep his rights but not play him

and anger the football gods forever?

[Wizards2Lottery]

ESPN has a ticket on the bottom for AL,NL,WNBA and...........

Brett Favre

this is **** ridiculous.

[magicfan4life05]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3517219

Favre reinstated, will fly to Green Bay for Family Night

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reinstated Brett Favre on Sunday, the three-time MVP said.

The Packers couldn't confirm the reinstatement, and said because it wasn't an offical business day for the league it wasn't possible Sunday.

Nevertheless, Favre was prepared to fly to Green Bay in time to attend the sold-out Packers Family Night at Lambeau Field, which more than 60,000 fans were expected to attend.

On Saturday, Goodell said he hoped the situation would be resolved by Monday, by which team and league sources told ESPN's Wendi Nix that he was expected to act on the reinstatement.

Goodell visited the Cincinnati Bengals' training camp on Saturday before heading north to Canton, Ohio, for the weekend's Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.

"I'm not trying to interject myself," Goodell said in Georgetown, Ky., according to The Associated Press. "I was interjected into it because there was a tampering charge initially. I'm not looking for things to interject myself to. It's an issue that needs to be addressed because of the competing interests. You want to make sure it's done properly and within our rules. This is an issue that ultimately has to be decided between Brett and the Packers."

The Packers hold Favre's rights until his current contract expires after the 2010 season.


Packers coach Mike McCarthy again praised his players for not allowing the Favre situation to distract them.

"What's going on between Brett and the organization is something that the players and coaches, we cannot handle," McCarthy said Saturday. "We're not involved in it. I think they did a good job from a responsibility standpoint dealing with it for about two days, but the focus has been on improving."

Earlier this week, Favre sent a letter to Goodell requesting to be reinstated from the team's reserve/retired list. But Goodell has held off approving the request, hoping the two sides could resolve their differences.

"Primarily, it starts with the fact, does Brett want to play football?" Goodell said. "The second is, do the Packers want him to play for the Packers. Those are the two principal points that have to be resolved. And only two parties can make that determination, not me."

Goodell said both parties are being "reasonable."

"They're difficult, emotional issues," Goodell said. "They're important to the future of both of them."

So does this mean he rejected the offer?

[SportsWorld]

ESPN's team of spies reports Brett Favre has landed in Green Bay. He will report to camp tomorrow (You can see this on ESPNEWS). I cannot wait.

[hermes]

so its an open competition for the starting job now or what?

[Happily married guy]

I have been looking for a discussion on the salary cap implications of Favre being reinstated.

I figured that if I couldn't find it here, it doesn't exist!!!

Well I guess that it doesn't exist.

Other than the link below, from last March, "before" he retired, all that I have been able to find is discussion about the $20M offer being applied at $2M a year for the next 10.

However if the article below is accurate, they are so far below the cap that it is crazy. I remember when the "CAP" was a serious impediment to building a team (wasn't it somewhere in the range of $45M). But this years cap is $116M! Why bother!

http://blogs.jsonline.com/packers/archive/2008/03/04/packers-are-swimming-in-salary-cap-room-now.aspx

If Green Bay is truly $24M under the cap after paying Favre his full $12M then they might as well. According to cap rules they need to be at least 85% of the cap ($99M) or they start paying penalties anytway!

I know that Green Bay is considered a "smaller market", so there may be a profit problem here, but they certainly have one of the top fan bases in the NFL.

[Geddy]

I'm gonna be sick because of hearing "Favre" every time i turn on the tv. I hope he sets a new record for most interceptions in a season.