Packers say Vikings tampered with Favre

[MetroDrugUnit]

I think when the 49ers messed with Briggs a couple seasons ago the Bears got to swap picks witht he 9ers which benifited the Bears if I remember correctly. I'm sure it would be something like that

[humanrefutation]

According to ESPN and the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Favre did NOT have a team-issued cell phone.

I find it interesting that they'd have to report it on their salary cap if they actually did issue Favre a cell phone. Maybe that's why they're keeping it under wraps.

[mnstinks]

Update: Vikings didn't tamper with Favre or talk trade

The Associated Press • August 4, 2008


MANKATO, Minn. — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has ruled that contact between the Minnesota Vikings and Brett Favre this summer did not violate league tampering rules.
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Goodell said today that while there were conversations between then-retired Favre and Vikings coaches, none of the conversations suggested Favre was soliciting a job or that anyone was soliciting his services.

“We respect the Commissioner’s decision and the thoroughness of the process,” the Vikings said in a statement. “We provided the League with all information requested so they could be comprehensive in their decision making. Our focus has been, and continues to be, on our football team and having a successful season.”

The Green Bay Packers had filed the charges against their NFC North rivals last month, based at least in part on records of phone conversations between Favre and Darrell Bevell, Minnesota’s offensive coordinator. Bevell is a former Green Bay assistant and a friend of Favre’s.

Bevell and Vikings coach Brad Childress have acknowledged speaking to Favre this summer. Bevell knows the quarterback from his days as Favre’s quarterback coach in Green Bay, and Childress became friendly with Favre when he occasionally sat in on Packers quarterbacks meetings as an assistant coach with the University of Wisconsin in the mid 1990s.

Both said earlier in camp that the conversations were run-of-the-mill, innocent exchanges.

Favre unretired and was scheduled to report to the Packers’ training camp today, the same day Childress denied a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the Packers have contacted Minnesota for preliminary talks on a potential trade.

Childress said he was in a meeting with vice president of player personnel Rick Spielman and director of player personnel George Paton late Sunday night when he was made aware of the report.

“I have a pretty good idea how that (article) went down, but you can shape the environment however you want one way or the other,” Childress said. “We haven’t had any contact with them.”

The Vikings have been dogged by questions about Favre and the tampering charges throughout their training camp. Quarterback is considered to be the biggest question mark on a team that has designs on the NFC North title, with Tarvaris Jackson preparing to enter his second full season as the starter.

Landing the three-time MVP coming off one of his best seasons in recent years would solidify that position.

Throughout camp, Childress has refused to comment on the team’s reported interest in Favre and the tampering allegations, only saying, “you can’t believe everything you read.”

Instead, the coach and teammates have thrown themselves behind Jackson, who has handled himself with a veteran’s composure while being inundated with questions about the possible arrival of Favre.

“I can’t control that,” Jackson said today. “I’ve just got to go out and do my part. If it happens, it happens. If it don’t, it don’t.”
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[mnstinks]

Goodell said today that while there were conversations between then-retired Favre and Vikings coaches

Cripes, what exactly were they talking about then?

Goodell will do anything to get in Favre's pants.

[paulpressey25]

Goodell will do anything to get in Favre's pants.

Which shouldn't be the case since he's already in Jane Skinner's pants (Former Fox Six Milwaukee anchor).....

[Balls2TheWalls]

Goodell will do anything to get in Favre's pants.

Which shouldn't be the case since he's already in Jane Skinner's pants (Former Fox Six Milwaukee anchor).....

she's ...